Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Hear now, O Joshua the great priest, thou and thy friends sitting before thee, for they are men of wonder: for behold me bringing my servant the Sprout.

New American Standard Bible

Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch.

King James Version

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

Holman Bible

“Listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring My servant, the Branch.

International Standard Version

""Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and those companions of yours who sit with you, for these men are a sign that I am presenting my servant, the Branch.

A Conservative Version

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows who sit before thee, for they are men who are a sign. For, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.

American Standard Version

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.

Amplified

Now listen, Joshua, the high priest, you and your colleagues who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a symbol [of what is to come]—for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch [in Messianic glory].

Bible in Basic English

Give ear now, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your friends who are seated before you; for these are men who are a sign: for see, I will let my servant the Branch be seen.

Darby Translation

Hear now, Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee for they are men of portent for behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.

King James 2000

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you, and your fellows that sit before you: for they are a wondrous sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Listen, please, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companions that are sitting {before} you. For [the] men [are] a sign that, look, I [am] going to bring my servant [the] Branch.

Modern King James verseion

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men of symbol.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"'Hear O Joshua thou high priest: thou and thy friends that dwell before thee, for they are wondrous people. Behold, I will bring forth the branch of my servant:

NET Bible

Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch.

New Heart English Bible

Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch.

The Emphasized Bible

Hear, I pray thee, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy friends who are sitting before thee, for, men to serve as signs, they are, - For behold me! bringing in my servant, the Bud;

Webster

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

World English Bible

Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch.

Youngs Literal Translation

Hear, I pray thee, Joshua, the high priest, Thou and thy companions sitting before thee, (For men of type are they,) For lo, I am bringing in My servant -- a Shoot.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
now, O Joshua
יהושׁע יהושׁוּע 
Y@howshuwa` 
Usage: 218

the high
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

thou, and thy fellows
ריע רע 
Rea` 
Usage: 187

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

מפת מופת 
Mowpheth 
Usage: 36

for, behold, I will bring forth

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

my servant
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Zechariah 3:8

Context Readings

Zechariah's Fourth Vision

7 Thus said Jehovah of armies: If thou wilt go in my way, and if thou shalt watch my watches, and thou also shalt judge my house, and also thou shalt watch my enclosure, and I gave to thee the goings between these standing by. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the great priest, thou and thy friends sitting before thee, for they are men of wonder: for behold me bringing my servant the Sprout. 9 For behold the stone which I gave before Joshua; upon one stone seven eyes: behold me engraving its engraving, says Jehovah of armies, and I removed the iniquity of that land in one day.


Cross References

Isaiah 11:1

And a rod shall come forth from the stock of Jesse, and a sprout shall blossom from his roots:

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold the days coming, says Jehovah, and I raised up to David a just sprout, and a king reigned and prospered, and he did judgment and justice in the earth.

Ezekiel 12:11

Say, I am your wonder: as I did, so it shall be done to them: by emigrating, they shall go into captivity.

Isaiah 4:2

In that day shall the springing up of Jehovah be for beauty and for glory, and the fruit of the earth for majesty and for ornament, for the escaping of Israel.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, I will hold fast in him; my chosen, my soul delighted; I gave my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.

Isaiah 53:2

He shall come up as a sucking child before him, and as a root out of a land of dryness: no form to him and no decoration; and we shall see him, and no appearance and we shall desire him.

Zechariah 6:12

And say to him, saying, Thus said Jehovah of armies, saying, Behold the man, The Sprout his name; and he shall spring forth from his place and build the temple of Jehovah.

Isaiah 8:18

Behold me and the children which Jehovah gave to me for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of armies dwelling in mount Zion.

Isaiah 20:3

And Jehovah will say, As my servant Isaiah went naked and barefoot three years, a sign and miracle upon Egypt and upon Cush:

Isaiah 49:5

And now, said Jehovah, forming me from the belly for servant to him to turn back Jacob to him, And Israel shall not be gathered, and I shall be honored in the eyes of Jehovah, and God was my strength.

Isaiah 52:13

Behold, my servant shall be wise, he shall be exalted, and lifted up, and be high exceedingly.

Isaiah 53:11

And be shall see of the labor of his soul, he shall be satisfied: by his knowledge my just servant shall justify for many; and he shall bear their iniquities..

Jeremiah 33:15

In those days and in that time I will cause the sprout of justice to spring up to David; and he did judgment and justice in the land.

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And I took from the foliage of the cedar, and I gave from the head; I will pluck its suckers a tender one, and I planted upon a mountain of height and heaped up.

Luke 1:78

Through the bowels of mercy of our God; by which the rising of the sun of sublimity has reviewed us,

Psalm 71:7

I was as a wonder to many: and thou my refuge of strength.

Isaiah 49:3

And he will say to me, Thou my servant, Israel, whom I will be honored in thee.

Ezekiel 24:24

And Ezekiel was to you for a wonder: according to all which he did ye shall do: in its coming, and ye knew that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 34:23-24

And I raised up one shepherd over them, and he fed them, my servant David; he shall feed them and he shall be to them for shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:29

And I raised up to them a plant for a name, and they shall be no more taken away by famine in the land, and they shall no more bear the shame of the nations.

Ezekiel 37:24

And my servant David a king over them; and one shepherd shall be to all of them: and in my judgments they shall go and they shall watch my laws and do them.

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For I think that God has exhibited us the last sent, as exposed to death; for we were a theatre to the world, and to messengers, and to men.

Philippians 2:6-8

Who, being in the form of God, thought not robbery to be equal to God

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