Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.
New American Standard Bible
We have waited for You eagerly;
King James Version
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Holman Bible
in the path of Your judgments.
Our desire is for Your name and renown.
International Standard Version
Yes, LORD, in the path of your judgments we wait; your name and your Law are the soul's desire.
A Conservative Version
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, we have waited for thee, to thy name. Even to thy memorial, is the desire of our soul.
American Standard Version
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name , is the desire of our soul.
Amplified
Indeed, in the path of Your judgments, O Lord,
We have waited expectantly for You;
Your name, even Your memory, is the desire and deep longing of our souls.
Darby Translation
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial.
Julia Smith Translation
Also the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, we hoped for thee; to thy name and to thy remembrance is the desire of the soul.
King James 2000
Yea, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you; the desire of our soul is to your name, and to the remembrance of you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Surely we wait for you [in] the path of your judgments, Yahweh, for your name and renown [are the] desire of [the] soul.
Modern King James verseion
Yea, in the way of Your judgments, O Jehovah, we awaited You; for Your name and for Your memory is the desire of our soul.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore, LORD, we have a respect unto the way of thy judgments; thy name and thy remembrance rejoice the soul.
NET Bible
Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.
New Heart English Bible
Yes, in the path of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee, - Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul:
Webster
Yes, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
World English Bible
Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also, in the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance Is the desire of the soul.
Themes
God » Voice of select readings » Waiting for
Learning » When the world will learn righteousness
The fruit of righteousness » When the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 26:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's People Vindicated
7 The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you. 8 We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name. 9 In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 3:15
And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.
Numbers 36:13
These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.
2 Samuel 23:5
For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?
Job 23:10-12
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
Psalm 13:1-2
Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
Psalm 18:23
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
Psalm 37:3-7
Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
Psalm 44:17-18
All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.
Psalm 63:1-3
O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
Psalm 65:6
The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:
Psalm 73:25
Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.
Psalm 77:10-12
And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Psalm 84:2
The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.
Psalm 106:3
Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.
Song of Songs 1:2-4
Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.
Song of Songs 2:3-5
As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Song of Songs 5:8
I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.
Isaiah 12:4
And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.
Isaiah 25:9
And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.
Isaiah 30:18
For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.
Isaiah 33:2
O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.
Isaiah 56:1
The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen.
Isaiah 64:4-5
The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.
Micah 7:7
But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.
Malachi 4:4
Keep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.
Luke 1:6
They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
Acts 1:4
And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:
Romans 8:25
But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.
2 Thessalonians 3:5
And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.
James 5:7-11
Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.