Isaiah 55:4
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Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
“Listen carefully, I have appointed him [David, representing the Messiah] to be a witness to the nations [regarding salvation], A leader and commander to the peoples.
Behold, I have appointed him (Him) [David, as a representative of the Messiah, or the Messiah Himself] to be a witness [one (One) who shall testify of salvation] to the nations, a prince (Prince) and commander (Commander) to the peoples.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples,
Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples,
Look, I made him a witness to the peoples, a prince and commander of peoples.
I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and lawgiver for the peoples.
I made him the leader and ruler of the nations; he was my witness to them.
Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the peoples, a prince and commander to the peoples.
Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.
I made David a witness of my power for all nations. I promised him that he would become a ruler and commander of many nations.”
So look! I chose David to show my power to other people. I made him a leader to rule the people of the nations.
Look, I appointed him as a witness for peoples, a leader and commander of peoples.
Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
[L Look; T Behold] I made David a witness ·of my power for all [L to the] nations, a ruler and commander of many nations.
Behold, I gave him for a witness to the people, for a prince and a master unto the people.
I made him a witness to people, a leader and a commander for people.
I made him a leader and commander of nations, and through him I showed them my power.
Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples,
I made David a witness of my power for all nations. I made him a ruler and commander of many nations.
“Look! I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the peoples.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a captain and teacher to the peoples.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Behold, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, A ruler and commander for the peoples.
Look! I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and a commander for the peoples.
He proved my power by conquering foreign nations.
“Hey there! All who are thirsty, come to the water! Are you penniless? Come anyway—buy and eat! Come, buy your drinks, buy wine and milk. Buy without money—everything’s free! Why do you spend your money on junk food, your hard-earned cash on cotton candy? Listen to me, listen well: Eat only the best, fill yourself with only the finest. Pay attention, come close now, listen carefully to my life-giving, life-nourishing words. I’m making a lasting covenant commitment with you, the same that I made with David: sure, solid, enduring love. I set him up as a witness to the nations, made him a prince and leader of the nations, And now I’m doing it to you: You’ll summon nations you’ve never heard of, and nations who’ve never heard of you will come running to you Because of me, your God, because The Holy of Israel has honored you.”
See, I have given him as a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
I made him a witness to people, a leader and a commander for people.
As I made him a witness to peoples, a leader and commander of peoples,
Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples, A leader and commander for the peoples.
“Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples, A leader and commander for the peoples.
I appointed him to be a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of nations.
I made David a witness of my power for all nations, a ruler and commander of many nations.
Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations.”
I made him a witness to the nations. He became a ruler and commander over them.
See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.
See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.
Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people, A leader and commander for the people.
See, I made him one who told of what he had seen and heard to the nations, a leader and ruler of the people.
See how I used him to display my power among the peoples. I made him a leader among the nations.
See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
See, I have given him [Moshiach, Ac 13:34 OJAC] for an ed l’ummim (witness to the Nations), a Nagid and Metzavveh (commander) for the Nations.
“Behold, I gave him as a witness to the people, for a prince and a master to the people.
Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander among the nations.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
Lo! I gave him a witness to peoples, a duke and a commander to folks. (Lo! I gave him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and a commander to the nations.)
Lo, a witness to peoples I have given him, A leader and commander to peoples.
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