Isaiah 8:16 “Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.”

Isaiah 8:16

Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

World English Bible

Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.

American Standard Version

Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

Geneva Bible 1599

Binde vp the testimonie: seale vp the Law among my disciples.

Darby Translation

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

Young's Literal Translation

Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among My disciples.

Bible in Basic English

Let my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only.

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Cross references

“Bind up”

Daniel 12:4 Isaiah 29:11

Daniel 12:4 · BSB

But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

Isaiah 29:11 · BSB

And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

“the testimony”

Hebrews 3:5 Deuteronomy 4:45 Revelation 19:10 Isaiah 8:20 2 Kings 11:12 1 John 5:9–12

Hebrews 3:5 · BSB

Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

Deuteronomy 4:45 · BSB

These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,

Revelation 19:10 · BSB

So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophec…

Isaiah 8:20 · BSB

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

2 Kings 11:12 · BSB

Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”

1 John 5:9–12 · BSB

Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

“seal”

Daniel 9:24 Revelation 5:1 Revelation 5:5 Revelation 10:4

Daniel 9:24 · BSB

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and t…

Revelation 5:1 · BSB

Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 5:5 · BSB

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Revelation 10:4 · BSB

When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

“among”

Matthew 13:11 Mark 4:34 1 Corinthians 2:14 Isaiah 54:13 Psalm 25:14 Mark 10:10

Matthew 13:11 · BSB

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

Mark 4:34 · BSB

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

1 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Isaiah 54:13 · BSB

Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.

Psalm 25:14 · BSB

The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.

Mark 10:10 · BSB

When they were back inside the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.

Also

Isaiah 8:1–2

Isaiah 8:1–2 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

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

In context

15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”

17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

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