Isaiah 44:8

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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• 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

6“Thus 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. 7And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me, Since I appointed the ancient people. And the things that are coming and shall come, Let them show these to them. 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.’ ” 9Those who make an image, all of them are useless, And their precious things shall not profit; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed. 10Who would form a god or mold an image That profits him nothing?

Isaiah 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 And formed you from the womb, who will help you: ‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant; And you, 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, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
• Proverbs 3:25Do not be afraid of sudden terror, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;
• Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For this is Your rightful due. For among all the wise men of the nations, And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You.
• Jeremiah 30:10‘Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the Lord, ‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel; For behold, I will save you from afar, And your seed from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet, And no one shall make him afraid.
• John 6:10Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
• Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
• Isaiah 48:5Even from the beginning I have declared it to you; Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, And my carved image and my molded image Have commanded them.’
• Genesis 15:13Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
• Genesis 28:13And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
• Genesis 46:3So He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.
• 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; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”
• Genesis 49:1And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
• Leviticus 26:1‘You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.
• Deuteronomy 4:25“When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger,
• Deuteronomy 28:1“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all 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