Isaiah 8:2
What does Isaiah 8:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 8:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And take true witnesses to the writing, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I took unto me to witness, sure witnesses, Urijah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 16:10
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the 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.
- 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: and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
- 2 Kings 16:15
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king’s burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.
- 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
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.
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