以赛亚书 44:8

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你們不要驚惶，也不要懼怕。我不是老早就說了給你們聽，告訴了你們嗎？你們就是我的見證人。除我以外，還有真神嗎？沒有別的磐石；我一個也不知道。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 们 不 要 恐 惧 ， 也 不 要 害 怕 。 我 岂 不 是 从 上 古 就 说 明 指 示 你 们 麽 ？ 并 且 你 们 是 我 的 见 证 ！ 除 我 以 外 ， 岂 有 真 神 麽 ？ 诚 然 没 有 磐 石 ， 我 不 知 道 一 个 ！

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord says, "People of Jacob, you are my servants. Listen to me! People of Israel, I chose you." ² This is what the Lord says, who made you, who formed you in your mother's body, who will help you: "People of Jacob, my servants, don't be afraid. Israel, I chose you. ³ I will pour out water for the thirsty land and make streams flow on dry land. I will pour out my Spirit into your children and my blessing on your descendants. ⁴ Your children will grow like a tree in the grass, like poplar trees growing beside streams of water. ⁵ One person will say, ‘I belong to the Lord ,' and another will use the name Jacob. Another will sign his name ‘I am the Lord 's,' and another will use the name Israel." ⁶ The Lord , the king of Israel, is the Lord All-Powerful, who saves Israel. This is what he says: "I am the beginning and the end. I am the only God. ⁷ Who is a god like me? That god should come and prove it. Let him tell and explain all that has happened since I set up my ancient people. He should also tell what will happen in the future. ⁸ Don't be afraid! Don't worry! I have always told you what will happen. You are my witnesses. There is no other God but me. I know of no other Rock; I am the only One."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

neither: Isaiah 44:2, Isaiah 41:10-14, Proverbs 3:25, Proverbs 3:26, Jeremiah 10:7, Jeremiah 30:10, Jeremiah 30:11, John 6:10

have declared: Isaiah 42:9, Isaiah 48:5, Genesis 15:13-21, Genesis 28:13-15, Genesis 46:3, Genesis 48:19, Genesis 49:1-28, Leviticus 26:1-46, Deuteronomy 4:25-31, Deuteronomy 28:1-68

ye are: Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 43:12, Ezra 1:2, Ezra 8:22, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:47, Daniel 3:16-28, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 5:23-30, Daniel 6:22, Acts 1:8, Acts 14:15, Acts 17:23-31, Hebrews 12:1, 1 John 1:2

Is there: Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 45:5, Isaiah 45:6, Isaiah 46:9, Deuteronomy 4:35, Deuteronomy 4:39, Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 2:2, 2 Samuel 22:32, John 1:1, John 10:30

no God: Heb. no rock, Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:31, Psalms 18:31

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:3 - General Deuteronomy 6:4 - the Lord Deuteronomy 32:12 - no strange Deuteronomy 32:17 - to God 1 Kings 8:60 - the Lord 2 Kings 5:15 - now I know 2 Kings 19:15 - thou art the God 2 Chronicles 32:13 - were the gods Nehemiah 9:6 - even thou Psalms 95:3 - above Psalms 96:5 - For Isaiah 16:13 - since Isaiah 41:23 - that we may know Isaiah 45:14 - and there Isaiah 45:21 - who hath declared Isaiah 48:3 - declared Matthew 24:25 - General Matthew 28:7 - lo Mark 12:32 - for Mark 13:23 - behold John 6:20 - It is John 8:58 - I am 1 Corinthians 8:4 - we know James 2:19 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 42:21
They said to each other, "We are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his trouble, and he begged us to save him, but we refused to listen. That is why we are in this trouble now."

Genesis 42:27
When they stopped for the night, one of the brothers opened his sack to get food for his donkey. Then he saw his money in the top of the sack.

Genesis 42:35
As the brothers emptied their sacks, each of them found his money in his sack. When they and their father saw it, they were afraid.

Genesis 43:12
Take twice as much money with you this time, and take back the money that was returned to you in your sacks last time. Maybe it was a mistake.

Genesis 44:7
But the brothers said to the servant, "Why do you say these things? We would not do anything like that!

Genesis 44:10
The servant said, "We will do as you say, but only the man who has taken the cup will become my slave. The rest of you may go free."

Genesis 44:11
Then every brother quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

Genesis 44:21
Then you said to us, ‘Bring that brother to me. I want to see him.'

Genesis 44:22
And we said to you, ‘That young boy cannot leave his father, because if he leaves him, his father would die.'

Exodus 20:15
"You must not steal.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Fear ye not, neither be afraid,.... Of the accomplishment of prophecies and promises, and of professing the true God, and of adhering to Jesus Christ, the only Redeemer and Saviour; or of the gods of the Heathens, and of persecuting tyrants, and what they can do against you, and in favour of their idolatrous religion:

have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? what should come to pass, before it did, even everything that has since the appointment of the ancient people; and particularly what troubles and persecutions the apostles, ministers of the word, the first Christians should meet with among the Heathens, for professing and propagating the Gospel, and what success they should meet with, which came to pass accordingly:

ye are even my witnesses; as especially the apostles were, who had it from Christ's own mouth, that they should be hated and persecuted for the sake of the Gospel, and should be successful wherever they came; as they also were his witnesses in Jerusalem, and Judea, and Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth, of his person, doctrine, miracles, death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven, Acts 1:8:

is there a God besides me? that is a true God; for there were many fictitious and false deities, but none omniscient and omnipotent, that could foretell future events, and accomplish them as he did; there is no god but the one God, Father, Son, and Spirit; for this an appeal is made to the witnesses:

yea, there is no God, I know not any; or, there is "no rock" a; or, is there any? a word used for God, Deuteronomy 32:4, there is no rock to build upon for salvation, no rock for shelter and safety, but Christ the rock of ages, on which the church is built, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it, Matthew 16:18, and if God, who is omniscient, knows none else, there can be no other.

a אין צור "nulls rupes", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "non est petra", Montanus, Cocceius; "estne rupes?" Vitringa.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fear ye not, neither be afraid - (see the notes at Isaiah 41:10). The word rendered here ‘be afraid,’ occurs nowhere else in the Bible. There can be no doubt, however, in regard to its meaning. The Septuagint renders it, Μηδέ πλανᾶσθε Mēde planasthe - ‘Neither be deceived.’ All the other ancient versions express the sense to fear, to be afraid (Gesenius’ Lexicon on the word ירה yârahh).

Have not I told thee from that time - Have I not fully declared from the very commencement of your history as a people, in the main what shall occur?

Ye are even my witnesses - (See the notes at Isaiah 43:12).

Is there a God besides me? - This is a strong mode of affirming that there is no God besides Yahweh (see the note at Isaiah 44:6).

Yea, there is no God - Margin, ‘Rock’ (צור tsûr). The word rock is often applied to God (see the note at Isaiah 30:29; compare Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:30-31; Psalms 19:14; Psalms 31:2-3; Psalms 42:9; et soepe al. The idea is taken from the fact that a lofty rock or fastness was inaccessible by an enemy, and that those who fled there were safe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 44:8. Fear ye not — תרהו tirehu never occurs. Perhaps it should be תיראו tireu, fear ye. Two MSS. read תהרו tirehu, and one of mine taharu.