Isaiah 6:8 “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who wil…”

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!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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!”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also I heard the voyce of the Lord, saying, Whome shall I send? and who shall goe for vs? Then I sayd, Here am I, send me.

Darby Translation

And 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.

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.'

Bible in Basic English

And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.

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Cross references

“I heard”

Deuteronomy 4:33–36 Acts 28:25–28 Genesis 3:8–10 Ezekiel 1:24 Ezekiel 10:5

Deuteronomy 4:33–36 · BSB

Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?

Acts 28:25–28 · BSB

They 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 3:8–10 · BSB

Then 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.

Ezekiel 1:24 · BSB

When 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.

Ezekiel 10:5 · BSB

The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

“Whom”

Exodus 4:10–13 Acts 22:21 1 Kings 22:20 Acts 26:16 Acts 26:17

Exodus 4:10–13 · BSB

“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 22:21 · BSB

Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

1 Kings 22:20 · BSB

And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

Acts 26:16 · BSB

‘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.

Acts 26:17 · BSB

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

“us”

Genesis 1:26 Genesis 11:7 Genesis 3:22

Genesis 1:26 · BSB

Then 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 11:7 · BSB

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Genesis 3:22 · BSB

Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

“Then”

Ephesians 3:8 Matthew 4:20–22 Acts 20:24

Ephesians 3:8 · BSB

Though 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,

Matthew 4:20–22 · BSB

And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

Acts 20:24 · BSB

But 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.

“Here am I”

Isaiah 65:1

Isaiah 65:1 · BSB

“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!’

Also

Acts 9:4

Acts 9:4 · BSB

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”

9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

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