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Complete Jewish Bible

Zechariah 4:8

This message from Adonai came to me:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Olive;   Prophecy;   Temple;   Zerubbabel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the Second;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Encouragement;   Zerubbabel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Tabernacles, Feast of;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Zerubbabel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Headstone;   Messiah;   Zechariah, Book of;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Zechariah, Book of;   Zerubbabel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, Prophecy of;   Zerubbabel ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Zerubbabel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hearth;   Zechariah, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version (1611)
Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;
King James Version
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to me again, saying,
Amplified Bible
Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Also the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Contemporary English Version
The Lord spoke to me again and said:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord 's message to me also said,
George Lamsa Translation
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
Another message came to me from the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
American Standard Version
Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moreouer, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
World English Bible
Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me as follows:
New King James Version
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
New Living Translation
Then another message came to me from the Lord :
New Life Bible
Also the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
THE MESSAGE
After that, the Word of God came to me: "Zerubbabel started rebuilding this Temple and he will complete it. That will be your confirmation that God -of-the-Angel-Armies sent me to you. Does anyone dare despise this day of small beginnings? They'll change their tune when they see Zerubbabel setting the last stone in place!" Going back to the vision, the Messenger-Angel said, "The seven lamps are the eyes of God probing the dark corners of the world like searchlights."

Contextual Overview

1 Then the angel that had been speaking with me returned and roused me, as if he were waking someone up from being asleep, 2 and asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I've been looking at a menorah; it's all of gold, with a bowl at its top, seven lamps on it, and seven tubes leading to the lamps at its top. 3 Next to it are two olive trees, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left." 4 I then asked the angel speaking with me, "What are these, my Lord?" The angel speaking with me said, 5 "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my Lord." 6 Then he answered me, "This is the word of Adonai to Z'rubavel: ‘Not by force, and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says Adonai -Tzva'ot. 7 ‘What are you, you big mountain? Before Z'rubavel you will become a plain; and he will put the capstone in place, as everyone shouts, "It's beautiful! Beautiful!"' 8 This message from Adonai came to me: 9 ‘The hands of Z'rubavel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will also finish it.' Then you will know that Adonai -Tzva'ot sent me to you. 10 For even someone who doesn't think much of a day when such minor events take place will rejoice at seeing the plumbline in the hand of Z'rubavel. So these seven are the eyes of Adonai that range about over all the earth."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Zechariah 6:15 - and ye

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
In the course of time Kayin brought an offering to Adonai from the produce of the soil;
Genesis 4:6
Adonai said to Kayin, "Why are you angry? Why so downcast?
Genesis 4:9
Adonai said to Kayin, "Where is Hevel your brother?" And he replied, "I don't know; am I my brother's guardian?"
Genesis 4:10
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Genesis 4:12
When you farm the ground it will no longer yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive, wandering the earth."
Genesis 4:15
Adonai answered him, "Therefore, whoever kills Kayin will receive vengeance sevenfold," and Adonai put a sign on Kayin, so that no one who found him would kill him.
Genesis 4:24
If Kayin will be avenged sevenfold, then Lemekh seventy-sevenfold!"
Genesis 4:26
To Shet too was born a son, whom he called Enosh. That is when people began to call on the name of Adonai .
2 Samuel 3:27
Upon Avner's return to Hevron, Yo'av took him aside into the space between the outer and inner city gates as if to speak with him privately; and there he struck him in the groin, so that he died — thus avenging the death of ‘Asah'el his brother.
2 Samuel 14:6
my two sons were out in the field; and they got into a fight with each other. There was no one to separate them, and one hit the other and killed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. As follows; which is a confirmation of the angel's interpretation of the vision.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord - Keil: “This word of the Lord is not addressed through ‘the interpreting angel,’ but direct from the Lord, and that through the ‘Angel of the Lord’ . For though in the first instance the words, “the hands of Zerubbabel etc.,” relate to the building of the material temple, and announce its completion through Zerubbabel yet the inference, “and thou shalt know theft the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you,” shows that the meaning is not exhausted thereby, but that here too this building is mentioned only as a type of the building of the spiritual temple ; and the completion of the typical temple is but a pledge of the completion of the true temple. For not through the completion of the material temple, but only through the building of the kingdom of God, shadowed forth by it, can Judah know, that the Angel of the Lord was sent to him.”


 
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