KJV 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.
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Isaiah 8:1
Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
WEB 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;’
ASV 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;
YLT Young’s 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.’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 8
1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֵלַ֔יH413 · elto(wards)קַח־H3947 · la.qachto take: takeלְךָ֖H9031 · kayouגִּלָּי֣וֹןH1549 · gil.la.vontabletגָּד֑וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeוּכְתֹ֤בH3789 · ka.tavto writeעָלָיו֙H5921 · aluponבְּחֶ֣רֶטH2747 · che.retstylusאֱנ֔וֹשׁH582 · e.noshhumanלְמַהֵ֥רH4122 · ma.her sha.lal chash bazMaher-shalal-hash-bazשָׁלָ֖לH4122 · ma.her sha.lal chash bazMaher-shalal-hash-bazחָ֥שׁH4122 · ma.her sha.lal chash bazMaher-shalal-hash-bazבַּֽז׃H4122 · ma.her sha.lal chash bazMaher-shalal-hash-baz
Cross-references
Isaiah 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:Isaiah 8:3And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.Job 19:23-24Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!Habakkuk 2:2-3And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.Jeremiah 36:2Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.Jeremiah 36:28Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.Revelation 13:18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.Revelation 21:17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred [and] forty [and] four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.Jeremiah 36:32Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
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