Zechariah 14:1
What does Zechariah 14:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Zechariah 14:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949See, a day of the Lord is coming when they will make division of your goods taken by force before your eyes.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lo, a day hath come to Jehovah, And divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Behold the days of the Lord shall come, and thy spoils shall be divided in the midst of thee.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Behold, the day cometh for Jehovah, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 2:12
For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;
- Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
- Isaiah 13:6
Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
- Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
- Acts 2:20
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day:
- Revelation 16:14
for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
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