Zechariah 7:9

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Thus, spake Yahweh of hosts, saying, - With true justice, give ye judgment, and, lovingkindness and compassions, observe ye, one with another;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“The Lord of Armies says this: ‘Make fair decisions. Show faithful love and compassion to one another.

Hebrew Names Version
"Thus has the LORD of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

King James Version (1611)
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, Execute true iudgement, and shew mercie and compassions euery man to his brother.

King James Version
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

English Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,

New American Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD of armies has said: 'Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;

New Century Version
"This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘Do what is right and true. Be kind and merciful to each other.

Amplified Bible
"Thus has the LORD of hosts said, 'Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion, to each other;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, saying, Execute true iudgement, and shewe mercy and compassion, euery man to his brother,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus has the LORD of hosts said, 'Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;

Legacy Standard Bible
"Thus has Yahweh of hosts said, ‘Judge with true justice and show lovingkindness and compassion each to his brother;

Berean Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

Complete Jewish Bible
"In the past Adonai -Tzva'ot said, ‘Administer true justice. Let everyone show mercy and compassion to his brother.

Darby Translation
Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another,

Easy-to-Read Version
"This is what the Lord All-Powerful said: ‘You must do what is right and fair. You must be kind and show mercy to each other.

George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother;

Good News Translation
"Long ago I gave these commands to my people: ‘You must see that justice is done, and must show kindness and mercy to one another.

Lexham English Bible
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Judge with trustworthy justice, and show steadfast love and compassion to one another.

Literal Translation
So says Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man with his brother.

American Standard Version
Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Thus hath the LORD of hosts spoken, saying: Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lord of hoastes: Execute true iudgement, shew mercie & louing kindnes euery man to his brother.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord Almighty;

English Revised Version
Thus hath the LORD of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother:

World English Bible
"Thus has Yahweh of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Deme ye trewe dom, and do ye merci, and doyngis of merci, ech man with his brother.

Update Bible Version
Thus has Yahweh of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

New English Translation
"The Lord who rules over all said, ‘Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

New King James Version
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother.

New Living Translation
"This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.

New Life Bible
"The Lord of All said, ‘Do what is right and be kind and show loving-pity to one another.

New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge ye true judgment, and shew ye mercy and compassion every man to his brother.

Revised Standard Version
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy each to his brother,

Young's Literal Translation
`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth ye LORDE of hoostes: Execute true iudgment: shewe mercy and louynge kyndnesse, euery man to his brother:

Contextual Overview

⁸ And the word of Yahweh came unto Zechariah, saying: ⁹ Thus, spake Yahweh of hosts, saying, - With true justice, give ye judgment, and, lovingkindness and compassions, observe ye, one with another; ¹⁰ And, the widow and the fatherless, the sojourner and the humbled, do not ye oppress, - and, wickedness between one man and another, do not ye devise in your hearts. ¹¹ Howbeit they refused to give heed, but put forth a rebellious shoulder, - and, their ears, made they hard of hearing, that they might not hear; ¹² and, their heart, turned they into adamant, that they might not hear the law, nor the words which Yahweh of hosts sent by his spirit, through the former prophets, - and so there came great wrath from Yahweh of hosts. ¹³ Therefore came it to pass that - just as he cried out and they hearkened not, so, used they to cry out, and I used not to hearken, saith Yahweh of hosts; ¹⁴ But I whirled them over all the nations whom they had not known, and, the land, was made desolate after them, that none passed through and returned, - Yea they made of a delightful land - a desolation.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saying: Zechariah 7:7, Zechariah 8:16, Zechariah 8:17, Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:35-37, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 10:19, Deuteronomy 15:7-14, Deuteronomy 16:18-20, Psalms 82:2-4, Proverbs 21:3, Isaiah 58:6-10, Jeremiah 7:5, Jeremiah 7:23, Ezekiel 45:9, Hosea 10:12, Hosea 10:13, Amos 5:24, Micah 6:8, Matthew 23:23, Luke 11:42, James 2:13-17

Execute true judgment: Heb. Judge judgment of truth, Jeremiah 21:12, *marg. John 7:51

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:21 - men Leviticus 10:20 - he was content Proverbs 21:13 - at Proverbs 22:16 - that oppresseth Proverbs 31:9 - General Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth Isaiah 1:17 - seek Isaiah 3:5 - the people Isaiah 5:7 - he looked Isaiah 16:3 - execute Jeremiah 7:6 - oppress Jeremiah 17:11 - he that Jeremiah 22:3 - Execute Ezekiel 18:7 - hath not Ezekiel 18:8 - hath executed Hosea 4:2 - swearing Hosea 12:6 - keep Haggai 2:17 - yet Matthew 21:34 - he sent Mark 12:3 - and sent Luke 20:10 - sent 1 Peter 3:8 - having

Cross-References

Genesis 2:19
Now Yahweh God had formed from the ground every living thing of the field and every bird of the heavens, which he brought in unto the man, that he might see what he should call it, - and, whatsoever the man should call it - any living soul, that, should be the name thereof.

Genesis 7:6
Now, Noah, was six hundred years old, - when, the flood, came, even waters on the earth.

Genesis 7:9
two and two, went they in unto Noah, into the ark male and female,, - as God commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah. in the second month on the seventeenth day of the month on this day, were burst open all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and the windows of the heavens, were set open.

Genesis 7:12
(And it came to pass that the heavy rain was on the earth, - forty days and forty nights.)

Genesis 7:16
And, they that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered, as God commanded him, - and Yahweh shut him in round about.

Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb, shall feed, in unity, And, the lion, as an ox, shall eat straw; But as for the serpent, dust, shall be his food: They shall not harm - Nor shall they destroy, In all my holy mountain, saith Yahweh.

Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, And the turtle and the swallow and the crane, observe the season for coming; But my people know not the just sentence of Yahweh.

Galatians 3:28
There cannot be Jew or Greek, there cannot be bond or free, there cannot be male and female, for, all ye, are one, in Christ Jesus:

Colossians 3:11
Wherein there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, bond, free, - but, all things and in all, Christ:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying,.... The same things as he had before; for the things following are ever in force, and always to be attended to, and to be regarded and preferred before anything merely ritual and ceremonial; and especially before the traditions and commandments of men, of which nature the above fasts were:

Execute true judgment; or, "judge judgment e of truth"; this is addressed to the judges of the people, that when any cause came before them between man and man, that they would judge righteously, according to the law of God; and, without respect to persons, pass sentence as the truth of the case required:

and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother; whether in want of food, raiment, or in whatsoever distress, whether of body or mind; which is much more acceptable to God than any legal sacrifices, or outward abstinences and humiliations, Hosea 6:6.

e משפט אמת "judicium veritatis", Montanus, Calvin, Cocceius, Burkius; "jus veritatis", Junius & Tremellius, Tarnovius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thus spake the Lord - that is, through the former prophets, for he goes on to speak of their rejection in the past. “Execute true judgment.” He retains the words of Ezekiel. The injunction itself runs throughout the prophets. “Shew mercy” (as Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 58:6-7; Jeremiah 7:5; Ezekiel 18:8; Hosea 12:6, etc.), that is, tender love, to all; compassion, to the unhappy. Omit no act of love, God so loves the loving. Lap.: “Like Paul to the Romans Romans 13:9, he names only the duties to the neighbor, but understands what relates to God. For the love of our neighbor presupposes the love of God, from which it springs.” Jerome: “After strictness of justice, let mercy to all follow, and specially to brethren, of the same blood and of one faith. Brother and neighbor we ought to account the whole human race, since we are all born of one parent, or those who are of the household of faith, according to the parable of the Gospel, “which willeth us to understand by neighbor, nor our kin, but all men” (Luke 10:30 ff).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 7:9. Execute true judgment — See the parallel texts in the margin. (Isaiah 58:6-7; Jeremiah 7:23; Micah 6:8)