8Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.


In Context

5 everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them, who bring neither help nor advantage, but only shame and disgrace."

6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lions and lionesses, of adders and darting snakes, the envoys carry their riches on donkeys' backs, their treasures on the humps of camels, to that unprofitable nation,

7 to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless. Therefore I call her Rahab the Do- Nothing.

8 Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.

9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to listen to the Lord 's instruction.

10 They say to the seers, "See no more visions!" and to the prophets, "Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 30:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:8Now 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:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:8Now therefore go in and write for them upon box, and note it diligently in a book, and it shall be in the latter days for a testimony for ever.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:8Now 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and record it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, as a witness for ever,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:8Now 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:8Now 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:8Now 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:8No, 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:8Now 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: