ZEC 14:7 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) On that day (known only to Yahweh), there’ll no longer be day or night, because it’ll stay light at ‘night’.

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).

BrLXX ἔσται μίαν ἡμέραν, καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη γνωστὴ τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἡμέρα, καὶ οὐ νὺξ, καὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἔσται φῶς.
(estai mian haʸmeran, kai haʸ haʸmera ekeinaʸ gnōstaʸ tōi Kuriōi, kai ouk haʸmera, kai ou nux, kai pros hesperan estai fōs.)

BrTr and there shall be for one day [fn]cold and frost, and that day shall be known to the Lord, and it shall not be day nor night: but towards evening it shall be light.

14:7 Alex. ψύχος, cold, probably the right reading.

ULT And it will be one day— it, it will be known to Yahweh— not day and not night. And it will happen, at the time of evening there will be light.

UST That will be a unique day, and only Yahweh knows when it will happen. It will not follow the normal cycle of day and night. Even in the evening, when it is usually dark, there will still be light.

BSB & MSB It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.

OEB but it will be constant day – it is known to the Lord – with neither day nor night. Even at evening time there will be light.

WEBBE & WMBB It will be a unique day which is known to the LORD—not day, and not night; but it will come to pass that at evening time there will be light.

NET It will happen in one day (a day known to the Lord); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light.

LSV And there has been one day,
It is known to YHWH, not day nor night,
And it has been at evening-time—there is light.

FBV It will be one continuous day (only the Lord knows how this could happen). It won't be day or night, because in the evening it will still be light.

T4T There has been no other time like that time, and only Yahweh knows when it will happen. There will be no daytime or nighttime; there will be light continually, even in the evening.

LEB There shall be continuous day—it is known to Yahweh—not day and not night; and at evening time there will be light.

BBE And it will be unbroken day, such as the Lord has knowledge of, without change of day and night, and even at nightfall it will be light.

Moff [[the Eternal knows it]], not a day and a night but light at eventide.

JPS And there shall be one day which shall be known as the LORD'S, not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

ASV but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

DRA And there shall be one day, which is known to the Lord, not day nor night: and in the time of the evening there shall be light.

YLT And there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time — there is light.

Drby And it shall be one day which is known to Jehovah, not day, and not night; and it shall come to pass, at eventide it shall be light.

RV but it shall be one day which is known unto the LORD; not day, and not night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

SLT And it was one day it shall be known to Jehovah, not day, and not night: and it was at the time of evening it shall be light.

Wbstr But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening it shall be light.

KJB-1769 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.[fn]

14.7 it shall be…: or, the day shall be one

KJB-1611 [fn]But it shall be one day, which shalbe knowen to the LORD, not day nor night: but it shal come to passe that at euening time it shalbe light.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

14:7 Or, the day shalbe one.

Bshps This shalbe that speciall day which is knowen vnto the Lorde, neither day nor night: but about the euening time it shalbe light.
(This shall be that special day which is known unto the Lord, neither day nor night: but about the evening time it shall be light.)

Gnva And there shall bee a day (it is knowen to the Lord) neither day nor night, but about the euening time it shall be light.
(And there shall be a day (it is known to the Lord) neither day nor night, but about the evening time it shall be light.)

Cvdl This shalbe that specyall daye, which is knowne vnto the LORDE: nether daye ner night, but aboute the euenynge tyme it shalbe light.
(This shall be that special day, which is known unto the LORD: neither day nor night, but about the evening time it shall be light.)

Wycl And `ther schal be o dai, which is knowun to the Lord, not day, nether niyt, and in tyme of euentid liyt schal be.
(And there shall be o day, which is known to the Lord, not day, neither night, and in time of eventide/evening light shall be.)

Luth Und wird ein Tag sein, der dem HErr’s bekannt ist, weder Tag noch Nacht. Und um den Abend wird‘s licht sein.
(And becomes a day be, the/of_the to_him LORD’s known is, neither day still night. And around/by/for the evening/night it_will light(v) be.)

ClVg Et erit dies una quæ nota est Domino, non dies neque nox: et in tempore vesperi erit lux.
(And will_be days together which note it_is Master, not/no days nor night/darkness: and in/into/on at_the_time evening will_be lux.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ה֛וּא יִוָּדַ֥ע לַֽ⁠יהוָ֖ה

he/it known to/for=YHWH

The expression will be known is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Yahweh knows about it]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לֹא־י֣וֹם וְ⁠לֹא־לָ֑יְלָה

not day and=not night

Zechariah is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [it will not be day and it will not be night]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

לֹא־י֣וֹם וְ⁠לֹא־לָ֑יְלָה

not day and=not night

Zechariah is using the two parts of a full day, day and night, to mean the entire cycle of time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [unlike any ordinary period of time]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

לֹא־י֣וֹם וְ⁠לֹא־לָ֑יְלָה וְ⁠הָיָ֥ה לְ⁠עֵֽת־עֶ֖רֶב יִֽהְיֶה־אֽוֹר

not day and=not night and=it_was to_[the],time_of evening will_belong light

Zechariah writes And it will happen here to indicate a contrast between the darkness that would normally be expected at evening and the light that will be present instead. In your translation, do not try to explain or fix this contract, instead indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [there will be neither day nor night, but at the time of evening there will be light]

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