Zechariah 7:6

In 11 translations

BSB

And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

KJV

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?did not ye: or, be not ye they that

WEB

When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

ASV

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

LSV

When you fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh [months]—even these seventy years—did you keep the fast [to] Me? And when you eat, and when you drink, is it not you who are eating, and you who are drinking?

YLT

When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh [months] — even these seventy years — did ye keep the fast [to] Me — Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?

DBY

And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?

DRC

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

GNV

And when ye did eate, and when ye did drinke, did ye not eate for your selues, and drinke for your selues?

JPS

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, are ye not they that eat, and they that drink?

LXXE

And if ye eat or drink, do ye not eat and drink for yourselves?

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְכִ֥י תֹאכְל֖וּ וְכִ֣י תִשְׁתּ֑וּ הֲל֤וֹא אַתֶּם֙ הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔ים וְאַתֶּ֖ם הַשֹּׁתִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐὰν φάγητε ἢ πίητε, οὐκ ὑμεῖς ἔσθετε καὶ πίνετε;

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• 1 Corinthians 11:20–21Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat. For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
• 1 Corinthians 11:26–29For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning…
• Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
• Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
• Hosea 9:4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will…
• Jeremiah 17:9–10The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• 1 Chronicles 29:22That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
• 1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
• Deuteronomy 14:26Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
• 1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
• Deuteronomy 12:7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

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