English Standard Version
Isaiah 44:8
8Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I know not any."
Isaiah 44:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Do not tremble; do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim my purposes for you long ago? You are my witnesses—is there any other God? No! There is no other Rock—not one!”
Context of Isaiah 44:8
6Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. 7Who is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and set it before me, since I appointed an ancient people. Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen. Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I know not any." 9All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
Read all of Isaiah 44Isaiah 44:8 word by word
אַֽל־תִּפְחֲדוּ֙ וְאַל־תִּרְה֔וּ הֲלֹ֥א מֵאָ֛ז הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֥יךָ וְהִגַּ֖דְתִּי וְאַתֶּ֣ם עֵדָ֑י הֲיֵ֤שׁ אֱל֙וֹהַּ֙ מִבַּלְעָדַ֔י וְאֵ֥ין צ֖וּר בַּל־יָדָֽעְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Fearפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342
- ye not, neither be afraidרָהָהrâhâh · to fearH7297
- have not I toldשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: proclaimH8085
- thee from that timeמֵאָז'âz · the pastH227
- and have declaredנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- even my witnessesעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
- Is thereיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
- a Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
- besideבִּלְעֲדֵיbil‛ădêy bal‛ădêy · besideH1107
- no Godצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
- I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
Cross-references for Isaiah 44:8
- Isaiah 44:2Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
- Isaiah 41:10fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Proverbs 3:25Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes,
- Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? For this is your due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like you.
- Jeremiah 30:10"Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord, nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
- John 6:10Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.
- Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."
- Isaiah 48:5I declared them to you from of old, before they came to pass I announced them to you, lest you should say, 'My idol did them, my carved image and my metal image commanded them.'
- Genesis 15:13Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.
- Genesis 28:13And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
- Genesis 46:3Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation.
- Genesis 48:19But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations."
- Genesis 49:1Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.
- Leviticus 26:1"You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 4:25"When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and by doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to anger,
- Deuteronomy 28:1"And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Commentaries on Isaiah 44:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Fear ye not - to - תרהו tirehu never occurs. Perhaps it should be תיראו tireu, fear ye. Two MSS. read תירהו tirehu, and one of mine תהרו taharu .Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Fear ye not, neither be afraid - (see the notes at Isaiah 41:10). The word rendered here be afraid,‘ occurs nowhere else in the Bible. There can be no doubt, however, in regard to its meaning. The Septuagint renders it, ́ ͂ Mēde planasthe - Neither be deceived.‘ All the other ancient versions express the sense to fear, to be afraid (Gesenius‘ Lexicon on the word ירה yârahh ). Have not I told thee from that time - Have I not fully declared from the very…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-20This passage uses the form of a trial speech to press God’s argument that disgrace comes to all who trust in idols and false gods.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. be afraid--literally, "be astounded," or "distracted with fear." from that time--namely, from the time that "I appointed the ancient people" (Is 44:7). From the time of Abraham's call, his family were the depositories of the predictions of the Redeemer, whereas the promise of Cyrus was not heard of till Isaiah's time; therefore, the event to the prediction and accomplishment of which God appeals in proof of His sole Godhead, is the redemption of man by…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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