Isaiah 44:8 “Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago?…”

Isaiah 44:8

Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

World English Bible

Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

American Standard Version

Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.

Geneva Bible 1599

Feare ye not, neither be afraide: haue not I tolde thee of olde, and haue declared it? you are euen my witnesses, whether there be a God beside me, and that there is no God that I knowe not.

Darby Translation

Fear not, neither be afraid. Have I not caused thee to hear from that time, and have declared it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no Rock: I know not any.

Young's Literal Translation

Fear not, nor be afraid, Have I not from that time caused thee to hear, and declared? And ye [are] My witnesses, Is there a God besides Me? yea, there is none, A Rock I have not known.

Bible in Basic English

Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?

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Cross references

“neither”

Isaiah 44:2 Isaiah 41:10–14 Jeremiah 10:7 John 6:10 Proverbs 3:25 Proverbs 3:26

Isaiah 44:2 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Isaiah 41:10–14 · BSB

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Jeremiah 10:7 · BSB

Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

John 6:10 · BSB

“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

Proverbs 3:25 · BSB

Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

Proverbs 3:26 · BSB

for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.

“have declared”

Genesis 15:13–21 Isaiah 42:9 Isaiah 48:5 Genesis 28:13–15 Genesis 46:3 Genesis 48:19

Genesis 15:13–21 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Isaiah 42:9 · BSB

Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Isaiah 48:5 · BSB

Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’

Genesis 28:13–15 · BSB

And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

Genesis 46:3 · BSB

“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Genesis 48:19 · BSB

But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude…

“ye are”

Isaiah 43:10 Daniel 2:28 Daniel 4:25 Daniel 5:23–30 Daniel 6:22 Acts 17:23–31

Isaiah 43:10 · BSB

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

Daniel 2:28 · BSB

But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

Daniel 4:25 · BSB

You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowl…

Daniel 5:23–30 · BSB

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and…

Daniel 6:22 · BSB

My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”

Acts 17:23–31 · BSB

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

“Is there”

1 Samuel 2:2 Deuteronomy 4:35 Deuteronomy 4:39 John 10:30 Isaiah 44:6 Deuteronomy 32:39

1 Samuel 2:2 · BSB

There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

Deuteronomy 4:35 · BSB

You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.

Deuteronomy 4:39 · BSB

Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

John 10:30 · BSB

I and the Father are one.”

Isaiah 44:6 · BSB

Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

Deuteronomy 32:39 · BSB

See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

“no God”

Psalm 18:31 Deuteronomy 32:4 Deuteronomy 32:31

Psalm 18:31 · BSB

For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

Deuteronomy 32:4 · BSB

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

Deuteronomy 32:31 · BSB

For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.

Also

Joel 2:27 Isaiah 30:29

Joel 2:27 · BSB

Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.

Isaiah 30:29 · BSB

You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.

9All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

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