Isaiah 45:7
King James Version (KJV)
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
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Maybe God created evil, or maybe not. But Isaiah 45:7 is hardly the answer to the question. The word "evil" there can mean many different things, none of them good, in Hebrew:
Isaiah 45:7
King James Version (KJV)"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and
create evil: I the Lord do all these things."
Jeremiah 24:3
King James Version (KJV)"Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said,
Figs; the good figs, very good; and
the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil."
Same verses above, in a modern English version:
Isaiah 45:7
New King James Version (NKJV)"I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and
create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things."
Jeremiah 24:3
New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad.”
Yet other versions:
Isaiah 45:7
New International Version (NIV)I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and
create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.
Isaías 45:7
Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR1960)que formo la luz y creo las tinieblas, que hago la paz y
creo la adversidad. Yo Jehová soy el que hago todo esto.