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Zechariah 14:7

It will be a special day which is known to the Lord. It will not be day or night. For when evening comes, there will be light.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   The Topic Concordance - Day of the Lord;   Israel/jews;   Jesus Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   King, Christ as;   Zechariah, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Creation;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Day of the Lord;   Remnant;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Apocalyptic Literature;   Micah, Book of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Thessalonians Epistles to the;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Adoption;   Mount olivet;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Tabernacles, Feast of;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for December 13;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It will be a unique day known only to the Lord, without day or night, but there will be light at evening.
Hebrew Names Version
It will be a unique day which is known to the LORD; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.
King James Version (1611)
But it shall be one day, which shalbe knowen to the Lord, not day nor night: but it shal come to passe that at euening time it shalbe light.
King James Version
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord , not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
English Standard Version
And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the Lord , neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.
New American Standard Bible
For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at the time of evening there will be light.
New Century Version
There will be no other day like it, and the Lord knows when it will come. There will be no day or night; even at evening it will still be light.
Amplified Bible
But it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD—not day and not night, but at evening time there will be light.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And there shall bee a day (it is knowen to the Lorde) neither day nor night, but about the euening time it shall be light.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.
Legacy Standard Bible
And it will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh, neither day nor night, but it will be that at evening time there will be light.
Berean Standard Bible
It will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
Contemporary English Version
And the Lord has decided when it will happen—this time of unending day.
Complete Jewish Bible
and one day, known to Adonai , will be neither day nor night, although by evening there will be light.
Darby Translation
And it shall be one day which is known to Jehovah, not day, and not night; and it shall come to pass, at eventide it shall be light.
George Lamsa Translation
It shall be a day which is known to the LORD; it shall be neither night nor day; and it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light.
Good News Translation
nor any darkness. There will always be daylight, even at nighttime. When this will happen is known only to the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
There shall be continuous day—it is known to Yahweh—not day and not night; and at evening time there will be light.
Literal Translation
And it will be one day which shall be known to Jehovah; not day and not night, but it will be, there will be light at evening time.
American Standard Version
but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.
Bible in Basic English
And it will be unbroken day, such as the Lord has knowledge of, without change of day and night, and even at nightfall it will be light.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there shall be one day which shall be known as the LORD'S, not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
This shalbe that speciall day which is knowen vnto the Lorde, neither day nor night: but about the euening time it shalbe light.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and there shall be for one day cold and frost, and that day shall be known to the Lord, and it shall not be day nor night: but towards evening it shall be light.
English Revised Version
but it shall be one day which is known unto the LORD; not day, and not night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.
World English Bible
It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And `ther schal be o dai, which is knowun to the Lord, not day, nether niyt, and in tyme of euentid liyt schal be.
Update Bible Version
but it shall be one day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.
Webster's Bible Translation
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening it shall be light.
New English Translation
It will happen in one day (a day known to the Lord ); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light.
New King James Version
It shall be one day Which is known to the LORD-- Neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light.
New Living Translation
yet there will be continuous day! Only the Lord knows how this could happen. There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be light.
New Revised Standard
And there shall be continuous day (it is known to the Lord ), not day and not night, for at evening time there shall be light.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it shall be a day by itself, The same, shall be known unto Yahweh - Not day, nor night, - But it shall come to pass, that, at evening time, there shall be light.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall be one day, which is known to the Lord, not day nor night: and in the time of the evening there shall be light:
Revised Standard Version
And there shall be continuous day (it is known to the LORD), not day and not night, for at evening time there shall be light.
Young's Literal Translation
And there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time -- there is light.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This shalbe that specyall daye, which is knowne vnto the LORDE: nether daye ner night, but aboute the euenynge tyme it shalbe light.

Contextual Overview

1 A day of the Lord is coming when the things of much worth taken from you will be divided among you. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle. The city will be taken. The houses will be robbed. The women will be taken against their will. And half of the city will be taken away to a strange land. But the rest of the people will not be taken away from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle. 4 On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, in front of Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives will be divided in two from east to west by a very large valley. Half the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. 5 You will run away by the valley of My mountains, for it will go as far as Azel. You will run away just as you did when the earth shook in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him. 6 On that day there will be no light. The stars of heaven will be made dark. 7 It will be a special day which is known to the Lord. It will not be day or night. For when evening comes, there will be light.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

it shall be one day: or, the day shall be one, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 22:5

which: Psalms 37:18, Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32, Acts 1:7, Acts 15:18, Acts 17:26, Acts 17:31, 1 Thessalonians 5:2

at: Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:9, Isaiah 30:26, Isaiah 60:19, Isaiah 60:20, Daniel 12:4, Hosea 3:5, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 14:6, Revelation 20:2-4, Revelation 21:3

Reciprocal: Job 8:7 - thy latter Job 11:17 - age Proverbs 4:18 - General Zechariah 14:4 - his feet Matthew 13:32 - the least Luke 13:19 - and it Revelation 21:25 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 14:1
It was in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
Genesis 14:8
Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined in war against them in the valley of Siddim.
Genesis 14:12
They also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who lived in Sodom, and all that belonged to him, and left.
Genesis 14:16
Then Abram returned with all the things they had taken. He also returned with his brother's son Lot and all that belonged to him, and the women and the people.
Genesis 16:14
So the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 20:1
Abraham traveled from there to the land of the Negev, and made his home between Kadesh and Shur. Then he lived for a time in Gerar.
Genesis 36:12
Timna acted as the wife of Esau's son Eliphaz. And she gave birth to Eliphaz's son Amalek. These are the sons of Esau's wife Adah.
Genesis 36:16
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the leaders of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They are the sons of Adah.
Numbers 13:26
And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the people of Israel in the desert of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought news to them and to all the people, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Numbers 14:43
The Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will be killed by the sword. Because you have turned away from following the Lord, the Lord will not be with you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But it shall be one day,.... A very singular, remarkable, and uncommon one; and it will be but one day; things will not continue long in such a position:

which shall be known to the Lord; all times and seasons are known unto the Lord, but this will come under his special notice and observation, and be under the direction of his special providence; it will only be taken notice of by him, and not by others; scarce any will observe it, or know what God is doing in it, or about to do:

not day, nor night; not clear and full day, as at noon; nor yet quite night or dark, as at midnight; :-:

but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light; after this day is over, which is neither clear nor dark, there will be an evening time; things will be worse with us than they are; the sun will be set; Christ will be withdrawn in the ministry of the word; his witnesses will be slain and silenced; great coldness and lukewarmness will seize upon professors; great darkness of error will spread itself everywhere; great sleepiness and security will fall upon all the virgins, and there will be great distress of nations; and, when it will be feared and expected that greater darkness and distress still are coming on, "light" will break forth; deliverance and salvation from Popish darkness and tyranny will be wrought; the light of the Gospel will break forth, and spread itself everywhere; the light of joy and gladness will arise to all the saints, and it will be a time of great spiritual peace, prosperity, and happiness. Vitringa on Isaiah 60:20, interprets it there shall be no vicissitude, or succession of day and night, but all day; at evening it shall be light; no calamity nor sorrow; Christ the light, and sun of righteousness, will break out in a glorious and spiritual manner.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And it shall be one day: it shall be known unto the Lord: not day, and not night; and at the eventide it shall be light - “One” special “day; one,” unlike all beside; known unto God, and to Him alone. For God alone knows the day of the consummation of all things, as He saith, “Of that day and that hour knoweth no one, neither the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, (so as to reveal it) but the Father only” Mark 13:32. Neither wholly “day,” because overclouded with darkness; nor wholly “night,” for the streaks of light burst through the darkness chequered of both; but in “eventide,” when all seems ready to sink into the thickest night, “there shall be light.” Divine light always breaks in, when all seems darkness; but then the chequered condition of our mortality comes to an end, then comes the morning, which has no evening; the light which has no setting; “perpetual light, brightness infinite;” when “the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold” Isaiah 30:26; and “the glory of God doth lighten” Revelation 21:23 the eternal city, “and the Lamb is the light” thereof; and “in Thy light we shall see light” Psalms 36:9. “Christ shall be to us eternal light, a long perpetual day.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 14:7. At evening time it shall be light. — At the close of this awful visitation, there shall be light. The light of the glorious Gospel shall go forth from Jerusalem; and next, from the Roman empire to every part of the earth.


 
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