Zechariah 10:8
What does Zechariah 10:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Zechariah 10:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949With the sound of the pipe I will get them together; for I have given the price to make them free: and they will be increased as they were increased.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I will whistle for them, and I will gather them together, because I have redeemed them: and I will multiply them as they were multiplied before.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall multiply as they used to multiply.
Context
v.7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be glad in Jehovah.
v.8This passage
v.9And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 51:11
And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- 1 Kings 4:20
Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
- Isaiah 7:18
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
- Isaiah 49:19
For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
- Jeremiah 30:19
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
- Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
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