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Berean Standard Bible

“Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?”

Isaiah 40:21

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Isaiah 40 opens the second half of the book with comfort for exiles in Babylon who feel that their God has been overpowered by the empire's gods. Here the prophet answers their doubts with a rapid run of pointed questions about what Israel has surely heard before.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?

World English Bible (WEB)

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?

King James Version (KJV)

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

American Standard Version (ASV)

Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿No sabéis? ¿no habéis oído? ¿nunca os lo han dicho desde el principio? ¿no habéis sido enseñados desde que la tierra se fundó?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¿Tan ignorantes son? ¿Tan sordos son a las palabras de Dios, a las palabras que él emitió antes que existieran los mundos? ¿Nunca han oído ni entendido?

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