King James Version

Isaiah 8:2

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

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וְאָעִ֣ידָהveaidahand protestעוּדconjunction, verb, hiphil, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and protest”, a determination or requestH5749to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.לִּ֔יlitoלִּ֔יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toעֵדִ֖יםedimwitnessעֵדnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “witness”, the ordinary formH5707concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. princewitness.נֶאֱמָנִ֑יםneemanimbelieveאָמַןverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “believe”, a verb used as a describing wordH539properly, 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;hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.אֵ֚תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אוּרִיָּ֣הuriyahUrijahאוּרִיָּהnoun, proper name — “Urijah”H223Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five IsraelitesUriah, Urijah.הַכֹּהֵ֔ןhakohenthe priestכֹּהֵןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).זְכַרְיָ֖הוּzekharyahvZachariahזְכַרְיָהnoun, proper name — “Zachariah”H2148Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine IsraelitesZachariah, Zechariah.בֶּ֥ןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a 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 father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יְבֶרֶכְיָֽהוּyeverekhyahvJeberechiahיְבֶרֶכְיָהוּnoun, proper name — “Jeberechiah”H3000Jeberekjah, an IsraeliteJeberechiah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and I will take unto Me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.

World English Bible

and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

Darby Translation

And I took unto me to witness, sure witnesses, Urijah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

Douay-Rheims

And I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and I will take unto Me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And make me witnesses of faithful men, Urias, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πάρεστι γάρ· καὶ μάρτυράς μοι ποίησον πιστοὺς ἀνθρώπους, τὸν Οὐρίαν καὶ Ζαχαρίαν υἱὸν Βαραχίου.