New English Translation
Isaiah 42:8
8I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.
Isaiah 42:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
- New International Version (NIV)“I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am the Lord, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.
Context of Isaiah 42:8
6“I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations, 7to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons. I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols. 9Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you.” 10Sing to the Lord a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!
Read all of Isaiah 42Isaiah 42:8 word by word
אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה ה֣וּא שְׁמִ֑י וּכְבוֹדִי֙ לְאַחֵ֣ר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֔ן וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י לַפְּסִילִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 42:8
- Exodus 3:13Moses said to God, “If I go to the Israelites and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ – what should I say to them?”
- Exodus 4:5“that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
- Psalms 83:18Then they will know that you alone are the Lord, the sovereign king over all the earth.
- John 8:58Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”
- Isaiah 48:11For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!
- Exodus 20:3“You shall have no other gods before me.
- Exodus 34:14For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- John 5:23so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
Commentaries on Isaiah 42:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I am the Lord - יהוה אני ani Yehovah . This is the famous tetragrammaton, or name of four letters, which we write Jehovah Yehovah, Yehveh, Yeveh, Jhuh, Javah, etc. The letters are Y H U H. The Jews never pronounce it, and the true pronunciation is utterly unknown. That is my name - A name peculiar to myself.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I am the Lord - I am Yahweh. Here is also a change in the address. In the previous verses, God had addressed the Messiah. Here he turns to the people, and assures them that he is the only true God, and that he will not suffer the praise that is due to him to be given to any other, or to any graven image. The name Yahweh signifies being, or essential existence (see the note at Isaiah 1:9). It is a name which is given to none but the true God, and which is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 The work of redemption brings back man to the obedience he owes to God as his Maker. Christ is the light of the world. And by his grace he opens the understandings Satan has blinded, and sets at liberty from the bondage of sin. The Lord has supported his church. And now he makes new promises, which shall as certainly be fulfilled as the old ones were. When the Gentiles are brought into the church, he is glorified in them and by them. Let us…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9I am the LORD: God created the world and only God can make predictions come true. God alone deserves glory and praise.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. God turns from addressing Messiah to the people. Lord--Jehovah: God's distinguishing and incommunicable name, indicating essential being and immutable faithfulness (compare Ex 6:3; Psa 83:18; 96:5; Ho 12:5). my--that is due to Me, and to Me alone.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 42
- 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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