The Burden against Israel’s Enemies
Zechariah 9:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.Or strike down her power on the sea
- KJV
- Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
- WEB
- Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.
- ASV
- Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
- LSV
- Behold, the Lord dispossesses her, || And He has struck her force in the sea, || And she is consumed with fire.
- YLT
- Lo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smitten in the sea her force, And she with fire is consumed.
- DBY
- Behold, the Lord will take possession of her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
- DRC
- Behold the Lord shall possess her, and shall strike her strength in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire.
- GNV
- Beholde, the Lord wil spoyle her, and he wil smite her power in the Sea, and she shalbe deuoured with fire.
- JPS
- Behold, the Lord will impoverish her, and He will smite her power into the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
- LXXE
- And therefore the Lord will take them for a possession, and will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed with fire.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- הִנֵּ֤ה אֲדֹנָי֙ יֽוֹרִשֶׁ֔נָּה וְהִכָּ֥ה בַיָּ֖ם חֵילָ֑הּ וְהִ֖יא בָּאֵ֥שׁ תֵּאָכֵֽל׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ διατοῦτο Κύριος κληρονομήσει αὐτοὺς, καὶ πατάξει εἰς θάλασσαν δύναμιν αὐτῆς, καὶ αὕτη ἐν πυρὶ καταναλωθήσεται.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ezekiel 28:18By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of…
- Amos 1:10So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”
- Ezekiel 26:17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
- Ezekiel 26:3–5therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I…
- Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Ezekiel 28:16By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
- Isaiah 23:1–7This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of…
- Ezekiel 28:8They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
- Ezekiel 27:26–36Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea. Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the…
- Joel 3:8I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
- Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though…
- Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
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