Isaiah 30:8
6 This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
7 Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
10 They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
- KJV
- Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
- WEB
- Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
- ASV
- Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
- DARBY
- Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and record it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, as a witness for ever,
- BLB
- Now go write it on a tablet before them and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may be for a day to come for a witness even to forever;
- ÅB
- Gå nå inn, skriv det på en tavle i deres påsyn og tegn det opp i en bok, så det kan være for kommende dager, for alltid, til evig tid!
- OTB
- Gå nå, skriv det på en tavle foran dem, skriv det inn på en rull, så det kan tjene som et evig vitne i de kommende dager.
- B1930
- Gå nu inn, skriv det på en tavle i deres påsyn og tegn det op i en bok, så det kan være for kommende dager, for alltid, til evig tid!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 31:22
So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:2
Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:1
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 31:19
Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:60
Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
Read in contextJeremiah 36:28–32
“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
Read in contextJeremiah 36:2
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
Read in contextJob 19:23–25
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
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