Isaiah 30:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Now go, write it on a tablet before them and inscribe it in a book, so it will stand as a witness forever and ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַתָּה בּוֹא כָתְבָהּ עַל־לוּחַ אִתָּם וְעַל־סֵפֶר חֻקָּהּ וּתְהִי לְיוֹם אַחֲרוֹן לָעַד עַד־עוֹלָם׃

Transliteration

Now, bôʾ kotebāh upon a lûaḥ with them and upon a sēper ḥuqqāh, and tehî for a day ʾaḥărôn, for a witness unto ʿôlām.

Grammar Details

• *bôʾ*: qal imperative masculine singular - go/come
• *kotebāh*: qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - write it
• *lûaḥ*: masculine singular noun - tablet/board
• *sēper*: masculine singular noun - book/scroll/document
• *ḥuqqāh*: qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - inscribe it
• *tehî*: qal jussive 3rd person feminine singular - let it be
• *ʾaḥărôn*: masculine singular adjective - latter/future/last
• *ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - forever/eternity

Word Meanings

• *bôʾ*: go/come/enter
• *kotebāh*: write it/inscribe it
• *lûaḥ*: tablet/board/panel
• *sēper*: book/scroll/document/letter
• *ḥuqqāh*: inscribe it/engrave it
• *tehî*: let it be/may it become
• *ʾaḥărôn*: latter/future/last/coming
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and document it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wherfore go hece, and write them this in their tables, and note it in a booke: that it maye remayne by their posterite, and be stil kepte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now go, and write it before them in a table, and note it in a booke that it may be for the last day for euer and euer:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe therefore go thy way, and write this before them in a table, and note it in a booke: that it may finally remaine and be kept styll for euer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now 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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  No, 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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now 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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:1 : 1 Then the Lord said to me, "Take a large tablet and inscribe on it with an ordinary stylus: 'Swift to Plunder, Quick to Spoil.'"
• Hab 2:2 : 2 Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision and make it plain on tablets so that a runner may read it clearly.
• 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons.
• 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 First of all, you should understand that in the last days, mockers will come, following their own evil desires,
• Jude 1:18 : 18 They said to you, 'In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.'
• Num 24:14 : 14 'Now I am going back to my people, but let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.'
• Deut 4:30 : 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
• Deut 31:19 : 19 'Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites. Have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against the Israelites.'
• Deut 31:22 : 22 So Moses wrote down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites.
• Deut 31:29 : 29 For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.'
• Job 19:23-25 : 23 Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! 24 That with an iron stylus and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth.
• Isa 2:2 : 2 In the last days, the mountain of the Lord's house will be firmly established at the top of the mountains, lifted above the hills, and all nations will flow to it.
• Jer 23:20 : 20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come, you will clearly understand it.
• Jer 36:2 : 2 Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the days of Josiah until today.
• Jer 36:28-32 : 28 "Take another scroll and write on it all the original words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned. 29 And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘This is what the LORD says: You burned this scroll, saying, “Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon will surely come and destroy this land and leave it without people or animals?”’ 30 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body will be thrown out to the heat by day and to the frost by night. 31 I will punish him, his descendants, and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the people of Judah, all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have not listened to me. 32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, who wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many more similar words were added to them.
• Jer 48:47 : 47 Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
• Jer 51:60 : 60 Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that are written against Babylon.
• Ezek 38:16 : 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may know me, as I show myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.
• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward the children of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come in awe to the Lord and to His goodness in the latter days.