1 Nephi 20:7
1830 Edition
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not, they were declared unto thee, lest thou shouldst say, Behold, I knew them.
Influences
Isaiah 48:7 (KJV)
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Changes
They are created now, and not from the beginning;, even before the day when thou heardest them not, they were declared unto thee, lest thou shouldst say, —Behold, I knew them.
Simple English
They are created now, not from the beginning. Before you heard them, they were told to you. This was so you wouldn’t say: “I already knew them.”
Paraphrase
These things are being created now, not back at the beginning. Before today you’d never heard of them. That way you can’t say, “Oh, I knew that already.”