Zechariah 8:5

In 11 translations

BSB

And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

KJV

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

WEB

The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”

ASV

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

LSV

And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, || Playing in its broad places.

YLT

And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.

DBY

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

DRC

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls, playing in the streets thereof.

GNV

And the streetes of the citie shalbe full of boyes and girles, playing in the streetes thereof.

JPS

And the broad places of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the broad places thereof.

LXXE

And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וּרְחֹב֤וֹת הָעִיר֙ יִמָּ֣לְא֔וּ יְלָדִ֖ים וִֽילָד֑וֹת מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים בִּרְחֹֽבֹתֶֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ αἱ πλατεῖαι τῆς πόλεως πλησθήσονται παιδαρίων καὶ κορασίων παιζόντων ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις αὐτῆς.

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• Jeremiah 31:13Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
• Jeremiah 30:19–20Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled. Their children will be as in days of old, and their…
• Zechariah 2:4and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
• Jeremiah 31:27“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
• Psalms 144:12–15Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth…
• Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His…
• Psalms 128:3–4Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
• Matthew 11:16–17To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
• Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the…

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