Isaiah 45:5
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded you, though you have not known me:
American King James Version (AKJV)
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded you, though you have not known me:
American Standard Version (ASV)
I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:
Webster's Revision
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God besides me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
World English Bible
I am Yahweh, and there is none else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
English Revised Version (ERV)
I am the LORD, and there is none else; beside me there is no God: I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me:
Barnes's Isaiah 45:5 Bible Commentary
I am the Lord ... - (see the notes at Isaiah 42:8; Isaiah 43:2; Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 45:14, Isaiah 45:18, Isaiah 45:22).
I girded thee ... - (see the note at Isaiah 45:1). The sense is, I girded thee with the girdle - the military belt; I prepared thee, and strengthened thee for war and conquest. Even people who are strangers to the true God are sustained by him, and are unable to accomplish anything without his providential aid.
Wesley's Isaiah 45:5 Bible Commentary
45:5 I girded - I made thee strong and active, and disposed thee for these great and warlike enterprizes.
