Zechariah 14:7
What does Zechariah 14:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Zechariah 14:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000but 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901but 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time--there is light.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
v.6And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:
v.7This passage
v.8And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 17:26
and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
- Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
- Isaiah 30:26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
- Acts 17:31
inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
- Psalms 37:18
Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall be for ever.
- Isaiah 60:19
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
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