Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover the LORD said unto me, "Take thee a great leaf, and write in it, as men do with a pen, 'Make hasty speed to rob, and haste to the spoil.'"
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and
King James Version
Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
Holman Bible
Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment
International Standard Version
The LORD also told me, "Take a large tablet and write on it with a stylus pen, "For Maher-shalal-hash-baz'.
A Conservative Version
And LORD said to me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
Amplified
Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet [for public display] and write on it in ordinary characters: Belonging to
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to me, Take thee a great tablet, and write thereon with a man's style, concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say to me, Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a man's graving tool to hasten the spoil, urging on the plunder.
King James 2000
Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Yahweh said to me, "Take yourself a large tablet and write on it with a common stylus pen: Maher-Halal-Hash-Baz.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah said to me, Take a great scroll and write in it with a man's pen: Make Haste to Plunder! Hasten to the Prey!
NET Bible
The Lord told me, "Take a large tablet and inscribe these words on it with an ordinary stylus: 'Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.'
New Heart English Bible
The LORD said to me, "Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man's pen, 'For Maher Shalal Hash Baz;'
The Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said unto me: Take thee a large tablet, - and write thereon in plain characters, To Maher-shalal-hash-baz. "Speed-spoil-hurry-prey".
Webster
Moreover, the LORD said to me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
World English Bible
Yahweh said to me, "Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man's pen, 'For Maher Shalal Hash Baz;'
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a graving tool of man, To haste spoil, enjoy prey.'
Themes
Maher-shalal-hash-baz » A symbolical name
Marriage » Ceremony attested by witnesses
Prophets » Predictions of » Written on rolls and read to the people
Interlinear
Laqach
Gadowl
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 8:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Signs Of The Assyrian Invasion
1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, "Take thee a great leaf, and write in it, as men do with a pen, 'Make hasty speed to rob, and haste to the spoil.'" 2 And immediately I called unto me faithful witnesses: Uriah the priest, and Zachariah the son of Barachiah.
Cross References
Isaiah 30:8
Now therefore, go thy way; and write them this before them in a table, and note it in a book: that it may finally remain and be kept still forever.
Job 19:23-24
O that my words were written, O that they were put in a book:
Isaiah 8:3
After that went I unto the Prophetess, that now had conceived and born a son. Then said the LORD to me, "Give him this name: Mahershalahashbaz.
Jeremiah 36:2
"Take a book, and write therein all the words, that I have spoken to thee, to Israel, to Judah, and to all the people, from the time that I began for to speak unto thee in the reign of Josiah, unto this day.
Jeremiah 36:28
"Take another book, and write in it all the foresaid sermons that were written in the first book, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burnt.
Jeremiah 36:32
Then took Jeremiah another book, and gave it Baruch the Scribe, the son of Neriah, which wrote therein out of the mouth of Jeremiah all the sermons that were in the first book, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah did burn. And there were added unto them many more sermons than before."
Habakkuk 2:2-3
But the LORD answered me, and said, "Write the vision plainly upon thy tables, that whoso cometh by, may read it:
Revelation 13:18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath wit count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred, threescore and six.
Revelation 21:17
And he measured the wall thereof a hundred and forty four cubits: the measure that the angel had was after the measure that man useth.