Isaiah 42:8

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I am the Lord. That is my name,and I will not give my glory to anotheror my praise to idols.

Hebrew Names Version
I am the LORD, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to engraved images.

King James Version
I am the Lord : that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

English Standard Version
I am the Lord ; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.

New American Standard Bible
"I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to idols.

New Century Version
"I am the Lord . That is my name. I will not give my glory to another; I will not let idols take the praise that should be mine.

Amplified Bible
"I am the LORD, that is My Name; My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved idols.

World English Bible
I am Yahweh, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to engraved images.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I am the Lorde, this is my Name, and my glory wil I not giue to another, neither my praise to grauen images.

Legacy Standard Bible
I am Yahweh, that is My name;I will not give My glory to another,Nor My praise to graven images.

Berean Standard Bible
I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not give My glory to another or My praise to idols.

Contemporary English Version
My name is the Lord ! I won't let idols or humans share my glory and praise.

Complete Jewish Bible
I am Adonai ; that is my name. I yield my glory to no one else, nor my praise to any idol.

Darby Translation
I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Easy-to-Read Version
"I am Yahweh . That is my name. I will not give my glory to another. I will not let statues take the praise that should be mine.

George Lamsa Translation
I am the LORD; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Good News Translation
"I alone am the Lord your God. No other god may share my glory; I will not let idols share my praise.

Lexham English Bible
I am Yahweh; that is my name, and I do not give my glory to another, nor my praise to the idols.

Literal Translation
I am Jehovah; that is My name; and I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to engraved images.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I my self, whose name is the LORDE, which geue my power to none other, nether myne honoure to the goddes:

American Standard Version
I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.

Bible in Basic English
I am the Lord; that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to pictured images.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I am the LORD, that is My name; and My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images.

King James Version (1611)
I am the Lord; that is my name, and my glory will I not giue to another, neither my praise to grauen images.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen I am the Lord, and this is my name: and my glory wyll I geue to none other, neither mine honour to grauen images.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I am the Lord God: that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praises to graven images.

English Revised Version
I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y am the Lord, this is my name; Y schal not yyue my glorie to an othere, and my preisyng to grauun ymagis.

Update Bible Version
I am Yahweh, that is my name; and my glory I will not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Webster's Bible Translation
I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

New English Translation
I am the Lord ! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.

New King James Version
I am the LORD, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.

New Living Translation
"I am the Lord ; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols.

New Life Bible
I am the Lord. That is My name. I will not give My shining-greatness to another, or My praise to false gods.

New Revised Standard
I am the Lord , that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, am Yahweh, that, is my Name, And, my glory, to another, will I not give, Nor my praise to images.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.

Revised Standard Version
I am the LORD, that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to graven images.

Young's Literal Translation
I [am] Jehovah, this [is] My name, And Mine honour to another I give not, Nor My praise to graven images.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.

Contextual Overview

⁵ God 's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life: "I am God . I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations, To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God . That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols. Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it." ¹⁰Sing to God a brand-new song, sing his praises all over the world! Let the sea and its fish give a round of applause, with all the far-flung islands joining in. Let the desert and its camps raise a tune, calling the Kedar nomads to join in. Let the villagers in Sela round up a choir and perform from the tops of the mountains. Make God 's glory resound; echo his praises from coast to coast. God steps out like he means business. You can see he's primed for action. He shouts, announcing his arrival; he takes charge and his enemies fall into line: "I've been quiet long enough. I've held back, biting my tongue. But now I'm letting loose, letting go, like a woman who's having a baby— Stripping the hills bare, withering the wildflowers, Drying up the rivers, turning lakes into mudflats. But I'll take the hand of those who don't know the way, who can't see where they're going. I'll be a personal guide to them, directing them through unknown country. I'll be right there to show them what roads to take, make sure they don't fall into the ditch. These are the things I'll be doing for them— sticking with them, not leaving them for a minute."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that is: Exodus 3:13-15, Exodus 4:5, Psalms 83:18, John 8:58

my glory: Isaiah 48:11, Exodus 20:3-5, Exodus 34:14, John 5:23

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:2 - I am the Lord Exodus 6:3 - Jehovah Exodus 15:3 - name Exodus 20:4 - General Exodus 23:21 - my name Exodus 33:11 - his friend Deuteronomy 4:24 - a jealous God Deuteronomy 6:4 - the Lord Deuteronomy 28:58 - fear this glorious 1 Kings 20:22 - at the return 1 Kings 20:23 - Their gods 2 Chronicles 32:14 - your God 2 Chronicles 32:21 - the Lord Isaiah 37:20 - that all Isaiah 44:6 - beside Isaiah 48:5 - Mine idol Daniel 5:4 - praised Hosea 12:5 - is Acts 10:26 - Stand

Cross-References

Genesis 37:2
This is the story of Jacob. The story continues with Joseph, seventeen years old at the time, helping out his brothers in herding the flocks. These were his half brothers actually, the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah. And Joseph brought his father bad reports on them.

John 20:14
Resurrection! Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone was moved away from the entrance. She ran at once to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, breathlessly panting, "They took the Master from the tomb. We don't know where they've put him." Peter and the other disciple left immediately for the tomb. They ran, neck and neck. The other disciple got to the tomb first, outrunning Peter. Stooping to look in, he saw the pieces of linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in. Simon Peter arrived after him, entered the tomb, observed the linen cloths lying there, and the kerchief used to cover his head not lying with the linen cloths but separate, neatly folded by itself. Then the other disciple, the one who had gotten there first, went into the tomb, took one look at the evidence, and believed. No one yet knew from the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead. The disciples then went back home. But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she knelt to look into the tomb and saw two angels sitting there, dressed in white, one at the head, the other at the foot of where Jesus' body had been laid. They said to her, "Woman, why do you weep?" "They took my Master," she said, "and I don't know where they put him." After she said this, she turned away and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn't recognize him.

John 21:4
Fishing After this, Jesus appeared again to the disciples, this time at the Tiberias Sea (the Sea of Galilee). This is how he did it: Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed "Twin"), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the brothers Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. Simon Peter announced, "I'm going fishing." The rest of them replied, "We're going with you." They went out and got in the boat. They caught nothing that night. When the sun came up, Jesus was standing on the beach, but they didn't recognize him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I am the Lord, that is my name,.... Jehovah, a name expressive of his self-existence, eternity, and immutability; a name by which be made himself known to Israel of old, and which is peculiar to him, and does not belong to another, and so distinguishes him from all false gods; see Exodus 3:14 or, "Hu [is] my name" p; to which

αυτος, "he himself the same", answers; see Psalms 102:27, compared with Hebrews 13:8 and this is one of the names of God with the Jews q; as Hou is with the Turks to this day; which, in Arabic, signifies "him": that is, God, as Monsieur Thevenot r observes; see Isaiah 48:12:

and my glory will I not give to another; that is, to another god, to a strange god, to an idol; as that has not the nature, it ought not to have the name of deity, nor divine worship given to it: this the Lord will not admit of, but will punish those, be they Heathens, or are called Christians, that give the glory to idols that is due unto his name. This is not to be understood to the exclusion of the Son and Spirit, who are with the Father the one Jehovah, and share in the same glory; the Son is the brightness of his Father's glory, and the Spirit is the Spirit of glory, Hebrews 1:3 nor will he suffer the glory of the justification, salvation, and conversion of men, to be given to their works, will, and power, which is entirely due to his own grace, to the blood and righteousness of his Son, and to the energy of the divine Spirit:

neither my praise to graven images; which serves to explain the former clause, what is meant by his "glory", and who by "another", to whom he will not give it. Papists should observe this, for it respects not merely or only the graven images of the Heathens, but chiefly those among them that bear the Christian name; for this relates to New Testament times. The Targum is,

"and my glory, in which I am revealed to you, I will not give to another people; nor my praise to worshippers of images.''

p הוא שמי q Seder Tephillot. fol. 1. 2. & 4, 1. Ed. Basil. r Travels. part 1. B. 1. c. 31. p. 41.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am the Lord - I am Yahweh. Here is also a change in the address. In the previous verses, God had addressed the Messiah. Here he turns to the people, and assures them that he is the only true God, and that he will not suffer the praise that is due to him to be given to any other, or to any graven image. The name Yahweh signifies being, or essential existence (see the note at Isaiah 1:9). It is a name which is given to none but the true God, and which is everywhere in the Scriptures used to distinguish him from all others.

That is my name - That is the name which I have chosen by which to distinguish myself from all idols, and which I regard as appropriately expressive of my existence and perfections. Thus it is used in Psalms 83:18 (compare Psalms 96:5). “And my glory.” The glory, honor, or praise that is due to me.

Will I not give - I will not allow it to ascribed to another; I will not allow another to assume or receive the honor which is due to me.

To another - To any other; whether it be man, or whether it be an idol. God claims that all appropriate honors should be rendered to him, and that men should cherish no opinions, maintain no doctrines, indulge in no feelings, that would be derogatory to the honor of his name. This declaration is designed to counteract the propensity everywhere manifest to attribute to man that which belongs to God, or to ascribe to our own wisdom, skill, or power, that which he alone can accomplish.

Neither my praise - The praise which is due to me. He would not permit graven images to receive the praise of having done that which he himself had accomplished.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 42:8. I am the Lord — אני יהוה ani Yehovah. This is the famous tetragrammaton, or name of four letters, which we write Jehovah, Yehovah, Yehveh, Yeveh, Jhuh, Javah, &c. The letters are Y H U H. The Jews never pronounce it, and the true pronunciation is utterly unknown.

That is my name — A name peculiar to myself.