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Isaiah 6:8

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!”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֶשְׁמַ֞עva.'esh.Ma'and I heardH8085 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
ק֤וֹלKol[the] voice ofH6963 →
אֲדֹנָי֙'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
אֹמֵ֔ר'o.MersayingH559 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מִ֥יmiwhom?H4310 →
אֶשְׁלַ֖ח'esh.Lachwill I sendH7971 →
וּמִ֣יu.Miand who?H4310 →
יֵֽלֶךְ־ye.lekh-will he goH1980 →
לָ֑נוּLa.nufor us
וָאֹמַ֖רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
הִנְנִ֥יhi.Nihere [am] IH2005 →
שְׁלָחֵֽנִי׃she.la.Che.nisend meH7971 →

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Exodus 4:10–13“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”Acts 26:16–17‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.Ephesians 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”Isaiah 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’Matthew 4:20–22And at once they left their nets and followed Him.Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.Deuteronomy 4:33–36Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?Acts 28:25–28They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:Genesis 3:8–10Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”1 Kings 22:20And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.Ezekiel 1:24When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.1 Samuel 3:9“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.Genesis 22:1Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.Romans 1:15That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.Ezekiel 9:1Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”

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