And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever.
Isaiah 8:1 - English Standard Version 2016 Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THEN THE Lord said to me, Take a large tablet [of wood, metal, or stone] and write upon it with a graving tool and in ordinary characters [which the humblest man can read]: Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz [they (the Assyrians) hasten to the spoil (of Syria and Israel), they speed to the prey]. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz; Common English Bible The LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it in ordinary letters, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to me: "Take up for yourself a large book, and with a man's pen write in it: 'Take away the spoils quickly; plunder swiftly.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version AND the Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with a man's pen. Take away the spoils with speed: quickly take the prey. |
And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever.
And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.
“Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.
He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement.