Isaiah 26:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֣ף אֹ֧רַח מִשְׁפָּטֶ֛יךָ יְהוָ֖ה קִוִּינ֑וּךָ לְשִׁמְךָ֥ וּֽלְזִכְרְךָ֖ תַּאֲוַת־נָֽפֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

Also ʾōraḥ of mišpāṭeḵā YHWH qiwwînûḵā; to šimḵā and to ziḵreḵā taʾăwat-nāpeš.

Grammar Details

• *ʾap*: conjunction - 'also/indeed/even'
• *ʾōraḥ*: masculine singular construct - 'path of'
• *mišpāṭeḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your judgments'
• *YHWH*: divine name - 'YHWH'
• *qiwwînûḵā*: piel perfect 1st person plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'we have waited for you'
• *lešimḵā*: preposition with masculine singular noun and 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'for your name'
• *ûleziḵreḵā*: conjunction, preposition with masculine singular noun and 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'and for your remembrance'
• *taʾăwat-nāpeš*: feminine singular construct with feminine singular noun - 'desire of soul'

Word Meanings

• *mišpāṭeḵā*: judgments/ordinances/decisions/justice
• *qiwwînûḵā*: waited for/expected/looked for/hoped in
• *ziḵreḵā*: remembrance/memorial/memory
• *taʾăwat*: desire/longing/craving
• *nāpeš*: soul/life/self/desire/appetite/mind

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Yes, LORD, walking in the way of Your judgments, we wait for You; Your name and Your renown are the desire of our soul.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore (LORDE) we haue a respecte vnto the waye of thy iudgmentes, thy name and thy remebraunce reioyse the soule.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also we, O Lorde, haue waited for thee in the way of thy iudgemets: the desire of our soule is to thy Name, and to the remembrance of thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yea in the way of thy iudgementes, O Lord, haue we put our trust in thee: thy name also and the remembraunce of thee, is the thing that our soule longeth for.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Yes, as your judgments unfold, O LORD, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 3:15 : 15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
• Num 36:13 : 13 These are the commandments and the judgments which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho.
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Although my house is not so with God; yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He does not make it grow.
• Job 23:10-12 : 10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot has held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside. 12 Nor have I departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
• Ps 13:1-2 : 1 How long will You forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
• Ps 18:23 : 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
• Ps 37:3-7 : 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; so you shall dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed. 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, and he shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
• Ps 44:17-18 : 17 All this has come upon us; yet we have not forgotten You, nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from Your way;
• Ps 63:1-3 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water; 2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the sanctuary. 3 Because your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
• Ps 65:6 : 6 Who by His strength establishes the mountains; being girded with power:
• Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside You.
• Ps 77:10-12 : 10 And I said, This is my infirmity; but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I will remember the works of the LORD; surely I will remember Your wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also on all Your work, and talk of Your deeds.
• Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• Ps 106:3 : 3 Blessed are they who keep judgment and he who does righteousness at all times.
• Ps 143:5-6 : 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I contemplate the work of Your hands. 6 I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a thirsty land. Selah.
• Song 1:2-4 : 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine. 3 Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, your name is like ointment poured out; therefore, the maidens love you. 4 Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.
• Song 2:3-5 : 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4 He brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me was love. 5 Sustain me with raisins, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love.
• Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.
• Isa 12:4 : 4 And in that day you shall say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his deeds among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
• Isa 25:9 : 9 And it will be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.
• Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all those who wait for him.
• Isa 33:2 : 2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
• Isa 56:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD, Keep judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
• Isa 64:4-5 : 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what you have prepared for him who waits for you. 5 You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are angry; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
• Mic 7:7 : 7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
• Mal 4:4 : 4 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
• Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• Acts 1:4 : 4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, you have heard from Me.
• Rom 8:25 : 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
• 2 Thess 3:5 : 5 May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ.
• Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain. 8 Be also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very compassionate and full of mercy.