Zechariah 8:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:”
Zechariah 8:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Zechariah 8:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Zechariah 8:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Zechariah 8:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,”
Zechariah 8:16 — World English Bible
Zechariah 8:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;”
Zechariah 8:16 — American Standard Version
Zechariah 8:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“These <FI>are<Fi> the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates,”
Zechariah 8:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Zechariah 8:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;”
Zechariah 8:16 — Darby Translation
Zechariah 8:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“These are ye things that ye shall doe. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truely and vprightly in your gates,”
Zechariah 8:16 — Geneva Bible
Zechariah 8:16 in Context — Zechariah 8
14 Car ainsi parle l’Éternel des armées: Comme j’ai eu la pensée de vous faire du mal lorsque vos pères m’irritaient, dit l’Éternel des armées, et que je ne m’en suis point repenti,
15 ainsi je reviens en arrière et j’ai résolu en ces jours de faire du bien à Jérusalem et à la maison de Juda. Ne craignez pas!
16 Voici ce que vous devez faire: dites la vérité chacun à son prochain; jugez dans vos portes selon la vérité et en vue de la paix;
17 que nul en son cœur ne pense le mal contre son prochain, et n’aimez pas le faux serment, car ce sont là toutes choses que je hais, dit l’Éternel.
18 La parole de l’Éternel des armées me fut adressée, en ces mots:
What Does Zechariah 8:16 Mean?
Zechariah 8:16 is a verse from the Book of Zechariah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Zechariah chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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