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Isaiah 41:23Isa.41.23

Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye [are] gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold [it] together.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Dites ce qui arrivera plus tard, Pour que nous sachions si vous êtes des dieux; Faites seulement quelque chose de bien ou de mal, Pour que nous le voyions et le regardions ensemble.

KJV

Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye [are] gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold [it] together.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    belong to the angels. But to know future events is the exclusive sign of the Divinity, according to Is. 41:23 : "Show the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods." Therefore the angels do not know future events. I answer that, The future can be known…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    esent, as stated in the FP, Q[14], A[13] ; FP, Q[57], A[3] ; FP, Q[86], A[4] . Hence it is written ( Is. 41:23 ): "Show the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods." Therefore if anyone presume to foreknow or foretell such like future things by any m…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 165 (Migne)

    idens, ait: «Dicite mihi, quae prima fuere, et ultima quae futura sunt, et dicam quod dii estis vos (Isa. XLI, 23) .» Sed non potestis; et ideo nihil estis. Superfluum igitur esse videtur, vel ea quaerere, quae ante mundi initium fuere, vel ea quae post finem futura sunt. Nam et…

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