King James Version
Isaiah 42:8 in the King James Version says “I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.”
Isaiah 42:8 · KJV
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. all: Heb. the fulness thereof
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I am the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“that is my name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“and my glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“will I not give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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