Isaiah 45:15
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
KJV
Vere tu es Deus absconditus, Deus Israël, salvator.
Vulgate
σὺ γὰρ εἶ θεός, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδειμεν, ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
ASV
אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָכֵן֙
'kn
adverb · 18×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§206In revealing his mysterious name, YHWH ("I AM HE WHO IS", "I AM WHO AM" or "I AM WHO I AM"), God says who he is and by what name he is to be called. This divine name is mysterious just as God is mystery. It is at once a name revealed and something like the refusal of a name, and hence it better expresses God as what he is - infinitely above everything that we can understand or …
God must therefore be left to Himself in His own majesty, for in this regard we have nothing to do with Him, nor has He willed that we should have anything to do with Him. But we have something to do with Him insofar as He is clothed and set forth in His Word, through which He offers Himself to us. It is with this God, the God clothed in promises, that we must deal in this life…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:12 — Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 1Tim 1:1 — Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
- 2Tim 1:10 — But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
- Isa 8:17 — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Isa 43:3 — For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
- Isa 46:13 — I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
- Isa 54:8 — In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
- Isa 57:17 — For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
- Jer 14:8 — O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
- Job 23:8 — Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
- Ps 44:24 — Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
- Ps 77:19 — Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
- Rev 7:10 — And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
- Rom 11:33 — O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- Titus 1:3 — But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;