Isaiah 8 · Verse 16

Isaiah 8:16

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Isaiah 8:16, King James Version

Isaiah 8:16 in other translations

BSBBind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
WEBWrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.
ASVBind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
YLTBind up the testimony, Seal the law among My disciples.
DARBYBind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
BBELet my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only.
WebsterBind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

What does Isaiah 8:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 8:12-16

12-16. The words of Jehovah. confederacy--rather, a conspiracy; an appropriate term for the unnatural combination of Israel with Syrian foreigners against Judea and the theocracy, to which the former was bound by ties of blood and hereditary religion [Maurer]. to all ... say--rather, of all which this people calleth a conspiracy [G. V. Smith]. their fear--namely, object of fear: the hostile conspiracy. be…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Among my disciples - בלמדי belimmudai. The Septuagint render it του μη μαθειν. Bishop Chandler, Defence of Christianity, p. 308, thinks they read מלמד, that it be not understood, and approves of this reading. - Abp. Secker.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 8:9-16

The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and themselves broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon crooked courses for our own security. The believing fear of God preserves against the disquieting fear of man. If we thought rightly of the greatness and glory of God, we should see all the power of our enemies restrained. The…

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Isaiah 8:16 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.

צ֖וֹרTzorbind upH6887
תְּעוּדָ֑הte.'u.Dah[the] testimonyH8584
חֲת֥וֹםcha.Tomseal upH2856
תּוֹרָ֖הto.Rah[the] instructionH8451
בְּלִמֻּדָֽי\׃be.li.mu.Daiamong disciples myH3928

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

Cross references for Isaiah 8:16

  • Daniel 12:4

    But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

  • Hebrews 3:5

    And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

  • Revelation 19:10

    And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

  • Mark 4:10-11

    And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • Deuteronomy 4:45

    These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

  • Matthew 13:11

    He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

  • Isaiah 29:11-12

    And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

  • Mark 4:34

    But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

  • Daniel 12:9-10

    And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

  • Mark 10:10

    And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.

  • Revelation 2:17

    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Bind up.
29:11; Da 12:4
the testimony.
20; De 4:45; 2Ki 11:12; Joh 3:32,33; Heb 3:5; 1Jo 5:9-12; Re 19:10
seal.
Da 9:24; Re 5:1,5; 10:4
among.
54:13; Ps 25:14; Pr 8:8,9; Da 12:9,10; Mt 13:11; Mr 4:10,11,34
Mr 10:10; 1Co 2:14; Re 2:17

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Context

  • Isaiah 8:15

    And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  • Isaiah 8:16

    Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

  • Isaiah 8:17

    And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

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Isaiah 8:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ata el testimonio, sella la ley entre mis discípulos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Lie le témoignage, scelle la loi parmi mes disciples.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Binde das Zeugnis zu, versiegele das Gesetz unter meinen Jüngern. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Liga testimonium, signa legem in discipulis meis.