Isaiah 30 · Verse 8

Isaiah 30:8

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:
Isaiah 30:8, King James Version

Isaiah 30:8 in other translations

BSBGo 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.
WEBNow 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.
ASVNow 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.
YLTNo, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,
DARBYNow 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,
BBENow go, put it in writing before them on a board, and make a record of it in a book, so that it may be for the future, a witness for all time to come.
WebsterNow 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:

What does Isaiah 30:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. table--a tablet (Ha 2:2), which should be set in public, containing the prophecy in a briefer form, to be read by all. a book--namely, a parchment roll, containing the prophecy in full, for the use of distant posterity. Its truth will be seen hereafter when the event has come to pass. See on Is 8:1; Is 8:16. for ever and ever--rather read, "For a testimony for ever" [Chaldee, Jerome, Lowth]: "testimony is often joined to the notion of perpetuity (De 31:19, 21, 26).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 For ever and ever "For a testimony for ever" - לעד leed. So the Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate, and Septuagint, in MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. 2: εις μαρτυριον, which two words have been lost out of the other copies of the Septuagint.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 30:8-18
The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. They had the light, but they loved darkness rather. The prophets checked them in their sinful pursuits, so that they could not proceed without fear; this they took amiss. But faithful ministers will not be driven from seeking to awaken sinners. God is the Holy One of Israel, and so they shall find him. They did not like to hear of his holy commandments and his hatred of sin; they desired that they might no more be reminded of these things. But as they despised the word of God, their sins undermined their safety. Their state would be dashed in pieces like a potter's vessel. Let us return from our evil ways, and settle in the way of duty; that is the way to be saved. Would we be strengthened, it must be in quietness and in confidence, keeping peace in our own minds, and relying upon God. They think themselves wiser than God; but the project by which they thought to save themselves was their ruin. Only here and there one shall escape, as a warning to others. If men will not repent, turn to God, and seek happiness in his favour and service, their desires will but hasten their ruin. Those who make God alone their confidence, will have comfort. God ever waits to be gracious to all that come to him by faith in Christ, and happy are those who wait for him.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 30:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַתָּ֗ה'a.TahnowH6258
בּ֣וֹאBo'goH935
כָתְבָ֥הּkha.te.Vahwrite itH3789
עַל\־'al-onH5921
ל֛וּחַLu.acha tabletH3871
אִתָּ֖ם'i.Tamwith themH854
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
סֵ֣פֶרSe.fera scrollH5612
חֻקָּ֑הּchu.Kahinscribe itH2710
וּתְהִי֙u.te.Hiso may it beH1961
לְי֣וֹםle.Yomfor a dayH3117
אַחֲר֔וֹן'a.cha.RonfutureH314
לָעַ֖דla.'Adfor everH5703
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.LamperpetuityH5769

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 30:8

  • Deuteronomy 31:22

    Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

  • Habakkuk 2:2

    And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

  • Isaiah 8:1

    Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

  • Deuteronomy 31:19

    Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 51:60

    So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 36:28-32

    Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. …

  • Jeremiah 36:2

    Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

  • Job 19:23-25

    Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

  • Numbers 24:14

    And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

  • Deuteronomy 4:30

    When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

  • 2 Peter 3:3

    Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

  • Jude 1:18

    How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
write.
8:1; De 31:19,22; Job 19:23,24; Jer 36:2,28-32; 51:60; Hab 2:2
the time to come. Heb. the latter day.
2:2; Nu 24:14; De 4:30; 31:29; Job 19:25; Jer 23:20; 48:47
Eze 38:16; Ho 3:5; 1Ti 4:1; 2Pe 3:3; Jude 1:18

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Context

  • Isaiah 30:7

    For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

  • Isaiah 30:8

    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:

  • Isaiah 30:9

    That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

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Isaiah 30:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ve pues ahora, y escribe esta visión en una tabla delante de ellos, y asiéntala en un libro, para que quede hasta el postrero día, para siempre por todos los siglos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Maintenant viens, écris-le sur une table devant eux, et inscris-le dans un livre (et ce sera pour le jour à venir, en témoignage à toujours),
German
Elberfelder 1871
Geh nun hin, schreibe es vor ihnen auf eine Tafel und zeichne es in ein Buch ein; und es bleibe für die zukünftige Zeit, auf immer bis in Ewigkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nunc ergo ingressus, scribe ei super buxum, et in libro diligenter exara illud, et erit in die novissimo in testimonium usque in æternum.