Zechariah 14:3
What does Zechariah 14:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Zechariah 14:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And gone forth hath Jehovah, And He hath fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Then the Lord shall go forth, and shall fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Jehovah will go forth and fight with those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Context
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.
v.3This passage
v.4And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Zechariah 12:2
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 10:4
From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
- Haggai 2:21
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
- Joel 3:2
I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment upon them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land,
- Daniel 2:44
And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
- Joshua 10:42
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
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