Isaiah 8:2New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And I took unto me to witness, sure witnesses, Urijah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— That I may take in attestation, faithful witnesses,—even Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And I cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Then I tooke vnto me faithfull witnesses to recorde, Vriah the Priest, and Zechariah the sonne of Ieberechiah.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And I tooke vnto mee faithfull witnesses to record, Uriah the Priest, and Zechariah the sonne of Ieberechiah.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Berechiah.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And make me witnesses [of] faithful men, Uriah{gr.Urias}, and Zechariah{gr.Zacharias} the son of Berechiah{gr.Barachias}.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriyyah the priest, and Zekharyah the son of Yeverekhyah. |
And I took
y5749 [5749] Standardעוּד`uwd{ood}
A primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication).
z0 <0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
unto me faithful
539 {0539} Primeאָמַן'aman{aw-man'}
A primitive root; properly to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (in Isaiah 30:21; by interchange for H0541) to go to the right hand.
z8737 <8737> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 793
witnesses
5707 {5707} Primeעֵד`ed{ayd}
From H5749 contracted; concretely a witness; abstractly testimony; specifically a recorder, that is, prince.
to record,
5749 {5749} Primeעוּד`uwd{ood}
A primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication).
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
x853 (0853) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
´Ûriyyà
אוּרִיָּה
223 {0223} Primeאוּרִיָּהוּ'Uwriyah{oo-ree-yaw'}
From H0217 and H3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites.
the priest,
3548 {3548} Primeכֹּהֵןkohen{ko-hane'}
Active participle of H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman).
and
Zæȼaryà
זְכַריָה
2148 {2148} PrimeזְכַרְיָהZ@karyah{zek-ar-yaw'}
From H2142 and H3050; Jah has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty nine Israelites.
the son
1121 {1121} Primeבֵּןben{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of
Yævereȼyà
יְבֶרֶכיָה.
3000 {3000} PrimeיְבֶרֶכְיָהוּY@berekyahuw{yeb-eh-rek-yaw'-hoo}
From H1288 and H3050; blessed of Jah; Jeberekjah, an Israelite. |
Isaiah 8:2
_ _ I took — rather, “The Lord said to me, that I should take,” etc. [Maurer].
_ _ Uriah — an accomplice of Ahaz in idolatry, and therefore a witness not likely to assist the prophet of God in getting up a prophecy after the event (2 Kings 16:10). The witnesses were in order that when the event should come, they might testify that the tablet containing the prophecy had been inscribed with it at the time that it professed.
_ _ Zechariah — (2 Chronicles 29:13). |
Isaiah 8:2
And I took to me (c) faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
(c) Because the thing was of great importance, he took these two witnesses, who were of credit with the people, when he set this up upon the door of the temple, even though Uriah was a flattering hypocrite, (2 Kings 16:11). |
- I took:
Ruth 4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Ruth 4:10-11 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye [are] witnesses this day. ... And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
2 Corinthians 13:1 This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
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- Uriah:
2 Kings 16:10-11 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. ... And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made [it] against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
2 Kings 18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
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