Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” New Living Translation Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.” English Standard Version And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” Berean Standard Bible Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!” King James Bible Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. New King James Version Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” New American Standard Bible Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” NASB 1995 Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” NASB 1977 Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Legacy Standard Bible Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Amplified Bible Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Christian Standard Bible Then I heard the voice of the Lord asking: Who will I send? Who will go for us? I said: Here I am. Send me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: Who should I send? Who will go for Us? I said: Here I am. Send me. American Standard Version And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me. Contemporary English Version After this, I heard the LORD ask, "Is there anyone I can send? Will someone speak for us?" "I'll go," I answered. "Send me!" English Revised Version And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom will I send? Who will go for us?" I said, "Here I am. Send me!" Good News Translation Then I heard the Lord say, "Whom shall I send? Who will be our messenger?" I answered, "I will go! Send me!" International Standard Version Then I heard the voice of the LORD as he was asking, "Whom will I send? Who will go for us?" "Here I am!" I replied. "Send me." Majority Standard Bible Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: ?Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?? And I said: ?Here am I. Send me!? NET Bible I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, "Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?" I answered, "Here I am, send me!" New Heart English Bible I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am. Send me." Webster's Bible Translation Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. World English Bible I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I hear the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom do I send? And who goes for Us?” And I say, “Here I [am], send me.” Young's Literal Translation And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: 'Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, 'Here am I, send me.' Smith's Literal Translation And I shall hear the voice of Jehovah, saying, Whom shall I send, and who shall go for us? and behold me saying, Send me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I, send me. Catholic Public Domain Version And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send?” and, “Who will go for us?” And I said: “Here I am. Send me.” New American Bible Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” “Here I am,” I said; “send me!” New Revised Standard Version Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd I heard the voice of the LORD, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I heard the voice of LORD JEHOVAH who said: “Whom shall I send, and who will go?”, and I said, “Behold here I am; send me” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send, And who will go for us? Then I said: 'Here am I; send me.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, behold, I am here, send me. And he said, Go, and say to this people, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Isaiah's Commission8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!” 9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’… Cross References Exodus 3:4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered. Jeremiah 1:4-10 The word of the LORD came to me, saying: / “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” / “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!” ... Acts 9:4-6 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” / “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied. / “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, / and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” 1 Samuel 3:4-10 Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.” / He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. / Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” ... Acts 13:2-4 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” / And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off. / So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. Ezekiel 2:3-7 “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. ... Romans 10:14-15 How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? / And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” Jonah 1:1-2 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, / “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.” Matthew 4:18-20 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. / “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” / And at once they left their nets and followed Him. Acts 22:10 Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’ Jeremiah 26:12-15 But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard. / So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you. / As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right. ... John 20:21 Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” 1 Kings 19:19-21 So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him. / So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?” / So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah. Luke 10:1-3 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit. / And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest. / Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Treasury of Scripture Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. I heard Genesis 3:8-10 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden… Deuteronomy 4:33-36 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? … Ezekiel 1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. whom Exodus 4:10-13 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue… 1 Kings 22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. Acts 22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. us Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Genesis 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. then. Matthew 4:20-22 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him… Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. Ephesians 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; here am I. Isaiah 65:1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. Jump to Previous Ears Hear Heard Lord's VoiceJump to Next Ears Hear Heard Lord's VoiceIsaiah 6 1. Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory5. Being terrified, has apprehensions removed 8. He offers himself, and is sent to show the obstinacy of the people 13. A remnant shall be saved Then I heard the voice of the Lord This phrase marks a pivotal moment in Isaiah's prophetic calling. The Hebrew word for "heard" is שָׁמַע (shama), which implies not just hearing but understanding and obeying. This indicates that Isaiah is not merely a passive listener but is actively engaged with God's message. The "voice of the Lord" signifies divine authority and presence, a theme consistent throughout Scripture where God's voice initiates creation, commands, and calls individuals to His service. saying “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said “Here am I Send me!” Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?--The union of the singular and plural in the same sentence is significant. The latter does not admit of being explained as a pluralis majestatis, for the great kings of Assyria, and Babylon, and Persia always spoke of themselves in the singular (Records of the Past, passim), and the "plural of majesty" was an invention of the servility of the Byzantine court. A partial explanation is found in the fact that here, as elsewhere (1Kings 22:19 : Job 1:6; Job 2:1; and perhaps Genesis 1:26; Genesis 11:7), Jehovah is represented as a king in council. Christian thought has, however, scarcely erred in believing that the words were as a dim foreshadowing of the truth, afterwards to be revealed, of a plurality within the Unity. (See Note on Isaiah 6:3.) Psalm 110:1, which Isaiah may have known, suggested at least a duality. The question reveals to the prophet that there is a work to be done for Jehovah, that He needs an instrument for that work. It is implied that no angel out of the whole host, no man out of the whole nation, offers to undertake it. (Comp. Isaiah 63:3; Isaiah 63:5.) The prophet, with the ardour for work which follows on the sense of pardon, volunteers for it before he knows what it is. He reaches in one moment the supreme height of the faith which went forth, not knowing whither it went (Hebrews 11:8). . . . Verses 8-13. - THE PROPHET ENTRUSTED WITH A SPECIAL MISSON. We do not know what special call Isaiah had had previously. Perhaps he had been brought up in the "schools of the prophets." Perhaps, when the "word of the Lord" came to him, he had accepted the fact as sufficient call. Now, however, he had, in vision, a clear and distinct call and mission (vers. 8, 9). He was told to "go," and instructed as to what he was to say (vers. 9, 10). As before (Isaiah 1-5.), while in the main he was to denounce woe, he was still to proclaim the survival of a remnant (vers. 10-12). Verse 8. - Whom shall I send? (comp. 1 Kings 20:20). Such questions enable those who wait in the courts of heaven to show their zeal and readiness. Who will go for us? Some explain the plural pronoun as used of the Almighty and those with whom he is consulting. But he does not really "consult" his creatures (infra, Isaiah 40:14; Romans 11:34), nor do his messengers do his errands for them. The plural form is best explained by the light which ver. 3 throws on it, as indicative of the doctrine of the Trinity (comp. Genesis 1:26).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then I heardוָאֶשְׁמַ֞ע (wā·’eš·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the voice ק֤וֹל (qō·wl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of the Lord אֲדֹנָי֙ (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord saying, אֹמֵ֔ר (’ō·mêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Whom מִ֥י (mî) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix shall I send? אֶשְׁלַ֖ח (’eš·laḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out Who וּמִ֣י (ū·mî) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix will go for Us?” יֵֽלֶךְ־ (yê·leḵ-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk And I said, וָאֹמַ֖ר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Here am I. הִנְנִ֥י (hin·nî) Interjection | first person common singular Strong's 2005: Lo! behold! Send me!” שְׁלָחֵֽנִי׃ (šə·lā·ḥê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out Links Isaiah 6:8 NIVIsaiah 6:8 NLT Isaiah 6:8 ESV Isaiah 6:8 NASB Isaiah 6:8 KJV Isaiah 6:8 BibleApps.com Isaiah 6:8 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 6:8 Chinese Bible Isaiah 6:8 French Bible Isaiah 6:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 6:8 I heard the Lord's voice saying Whom (Isa Isi Is) |
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