KJV King James Version
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
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Isaiah 8:16
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
WEB World English Bible
Wrap up the testimony. Seal the law among my disciples.
ASV American Standard Version
Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among My disciples.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 8
13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread.
14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me [are] for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
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Daniel 12:4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.Hebrews 3:5And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;Deuteronomy 4:45These [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,1 Corinthians 2:14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.Matthew 13:11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.Revelation 19:10And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.Mark 4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.Mark 4:10-11And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.Isaiah 29:11-12And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed:1 John 5:9-12If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.Psalm 25:14The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.Revelation 10:4And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.John 3:32-33And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.Daniel 12:9-10And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end.Proverbs 8:8-9All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.Mark 10:10And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
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