ZEC 14:6 Parallel Verse View

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14:6 OSHB variant note: יקפאו/ן: (x-qere) ’וְ/קִפָּאֽוֹן’: lemma=c/7087 b n=0 morph=HC/Ncmsa id=38eb2 וְ/קִפָּאֽוֹן

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

Or perhaps וְקָרוֹת

Q וְקִפָּאֽוֹן

BrLXX Καὶ ἔσται ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ οὐκ ἔσται φῶς, καὶ ψύχη καὶ πάγος
(Kai estai en ekeinaʸ taʸ haʸmera ouk estai fōs, kai psuⱪaʸ kai pagos)

ULT And it will happen on that day, there will not be light; the splendid will congeal.

UST At that time, there will be no daylight; the bright lights in the sky will grow dim.

BSB & MSB On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.

OEB And in that day, there will be no heat nor cold nor frost,

WEBBE & WMBB It will happen in that day that there will not be light, cold, or frost.

NET On that day there will be no light – the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.

LSV And it has come to pass in that day,
The precious light is not, it is dense darkness,

FBV On that day there will be no longer cold and frost.[fn]

14:6 The words used here and their meaning are debated.

T4T At that time, there will be no light from the sun; it will not become cold and there will be no frost.

LEB _⌊And then_⌋[fn] on that day there will not be light,[fn] the precious things will congeal.[fn]

14:6 Literally “And it will happen”

14:6 Some suggest reading “flame” (= “heat”) here

14:6 Or “the noble ones will congeal”; the Hebrew is difficult here

BBE And in that day there will be no heat or cold or ice;

Moff It will be one long day then, neither cold nor hot nor frosty, a day of days

JPS And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light, but heavy clouds and thick;

ASV And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:

DRA And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall be no light, but cold and frost.

YLT And it hath come to pass, in that day, The precious light is not, it is dense darkness,

Drby And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] there shall not be light; the shining shall be obscured.

RV And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be with brightness and with gloom:

SLT And it was in that day the light shall not be; the splendors shall be drawn in:

Wbstr And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

KJB-1769 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:[fn][fn][fn]

14.6 that the…: that is, it shall not be clear in some places, and dark in other places of the world

14.6 clear: Heb. precious

14.6 dark: Heb. thickness

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And it shall come to passe in that day, that the light shall not be cleare, nor darke.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

14:6 Hebr. precious.

14:6 Hebr. thicknesse.

Bshps In that day shall there be no cleare light, but darke.
(In that day shall there be no clear light, but dark.)

Gnva And in that day shall there bee no cleare light, but darke.
(And in that day shall there be no clear light, but dark.)

Cvdl In that daye shal it not be light, but colde and frost.
(In that day shall it not be light, but cold and frost.)

Wycl And it schal be, in that dai liyt schal not be, but coold and frost.
(And it shall be, in that day light shall not be, but cold and frost.)

Luth Zu der Zeit wird kein Licht sein, sondern Kälte und Frost.
(To/For the/of_the time/period becomes no/not light(n) be, rather coldness and Frost.)

ClVg Et erit in die illa: non erit lux, sed frigus et gelu.
(And will_be in/into/on day that: not/no will_be light(n), but cold and frost.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וְ⁠הָיָ֖ה בַּ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠ה֑וּא

and=it_was in_the=day (the)=that

Zechariah is not using the phrase translated as And it will happen on that day to introduce a new event. In this and in the several following verses he is using on that day to refer back to the appointed day from verse 1. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for looking back to the same day. Alternate translation: [And it will happen on that same day]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

יְקָר֖וֹת

cold

Zechariah is using the adjective splendid as a noun to mean a certain kind of thing. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the splendid heavenly bodies]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה א֔וֹר יְקָר֖וֹת יקפאו⁠ן

not will_belong light cold יקפאו,ן

The implication is that the normal sources of light will fail on that day. This could mean: (1) that there will be no light and that instead there will be cold and frost, Alternate translation: [there will not be light; instead there will be cold and frost] or (2) that the bright heavenly bodies will no longer shine. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the sun, moon, and stars will stop shining]

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Zechariah Prophesies of Judah’s Restoration

Zechariah 14

In the last chapter of his book, the prophet Zechariah describes an apocalypic vision of Judah’s coming restoration. It is not clear whether Zechariah’s vision refers to actual, specific events to come in the future, or whether it expresses a more general hope that one day God will ultimately intervene in history to judge the nations, protect his people, and establish his rule over the world. The vision begins by describing a time of great suffering when all the nations will be gathered for battle against Jerusalem. The city will fall, and half the city will go into exile. Since Zechariah lived after the fall of Jerusalem and the exile of many Judeans to Babylon, this portion of the vision may actually refer to these past events. The vision continues on, describing how the Lord will rise up for those that remain, and he will fight the nations, and the very land itself will be transformed for the Lord’s people. The Lord will stand on the Mount of Olives, just east of Jerusalem, and the mountain will be split in half from east to west, allowing the people of Jerusalem to flee through the new valley to Azal, an uncertain location somewhere east of the city. Living waters will flow out of Jerusalem as well, with half the waters flowing to the Dead Sea (literally, “eastern sea”) and the other half flowing to the Mediterranean Sea (literally, “western sea”). The Lord will become king over all the earth, and the land will become a plain from Geba to Rimmon, essentially the entire land of Judah. It is interesting to note that this restored Judah will once again include the region that was under the rule of the Idumeans (Edomites) at the time of Zechariah. The Edomites had apparently moved northward from Seir into this region while Judah was under attack from Nebuchadnezzar just before the fall of Jerusalem (see Ezekiah 25:12-14; Obadiah 1:1-21; see “Nebuchadnezzar’s Final Campaign against Judah” map). Jerusalem, however, will continue to remain elevated over the surrounding area. The city, which lay in ruins at the time of Zechariah, is described as spanning east to west from the Gate of Benjamin (on the eastern edge of the Temple Mount) to the Old Gate (on the western edge of the Temple Mount) to the Corner Gate (on the far western edge of the city). The city also spanned north to south from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses, likely near the king’s garden at the southern edge of the city.

Parallel ZEC 14:6

Zechariah Prophesies of Judah’s Restoration