Zechariah 7:6

Zechariah chapter 7 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Context

v.5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

v.6This passage

v.7Should ye not hear the words which Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:31

    Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

  • Colossians 3:17

    And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

  • Jeremiah 17:9

    The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

  • Hosea 8:13

    As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:26

    For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he come.

  • 1 Samuel 16:7

    But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.