ZEC 8:21 Parallel Verse View

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ULT The inhabitants of one city will go to another city and say,
⇔ ‘Let us quickly go to beg before the face of Yahweh
⇔ and to seek Yahweh of hosts! We ourselves are also going.’

UST People from one city will go to the people in another city and say, ‘Let us go together to Jerusalem to worship Yahweh and request him to bless us; we ourselves are going.’

BSB and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’

OEB and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, ‘Let us go speedily to entreat the favour of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; I will go also.’

WEB The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, ‘Let’s go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of Armies. I will go also.’

WMB The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, ‘Let’s go speedily to entreat the favor of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I will go also.’

NET The inhabitants of one will go to another and say, “Let’s go up at once to ask the favor of the Lord, to seek the Lord who rules over all. Indeed, I’ll go with you.” ’

LSV Indeed, inhabitants of one
Have gone to another, saying,
We go diligently,
To appease the face of YHWH,
To seek YHWH of Hosts—I go, even I.

FBV going from one city to another saying, “Let us be sure to go and seek the Lord and ask for the blessing of the Lord Almighty. I myself am going!”

T4T People from one city will go to the people in another city and say, ‘Let’s go together to Jerusalem to worship Yahweh and ask him to bless us; we ourselves are going.’

LEB And the inhabitants of one city will go to another city, saying, “Let us go immediately to entreat the favor of[fn] Yahweh, to seek Yahweh of hosts—I also will go!”

?:? Literally “the face of”

BBE And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.

MOF No MOF ZEC book available

JPS and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying: Let us go speedily to entreat the favour of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts; I will go also.

ASV and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.

DRA And the inhabitants go one to another, saying: Let us go, and entreat the face of the Lord, and let us seek the Lord of hosts: I also will go.

YLT Yea, gone have inhabitants of one To another, saying: We go diligently, To appease the face of Jehovah, To seek Jehovah of Hosts — I go, even I.

DBY and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to supplicate Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.

RV and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favour of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.

WBS And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.

KJB-1769 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.[fn][fn]

8.21 speedily: or, continually: Heb. going

8.21 to pray…: Heb. to intreat the face of

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]And the inhabitants of one citie shall goe to another, saying, Let vs goe speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seeke the LORD of hostes: I will goe also.
(And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hostes: I will go also.)

8:21 Isa.2.2. mic.4.12.

8:21 Or, continually. Hebr. going.

8:21 Hebr. to intreat the face.

BB And they that dwell in one citie shall go to another saying, Up, let vs go and pray before the Lorde, let vs seeke the Lorde of hoastes: I wyll go with you.
(And they that dwell in one city shall go to another saying, Up, let us go and pray before the Lord, let us seek the Lord of hoastes: I will go with you.)

GNV And they that dwell in one citie, shall go to another, saying, Vp, let vs go and pray before the Lord, and seeke the Lord of hostes: I wil go also.
(And they that dwell in one city, shall go to another, saying, Vp, let us go and pray before the Lord, and seek the Lord of hostes: I will go also. )

CB and they that dwell in one cite, shal go to another, sayenge: Vp, let vs go, and praye before the LORDE, let vs seke the LORDE of hoostes, I wil go with you.
(and they that dwell in one city, shall go to another, sayenge: Vp, let us go, and pray before the LORD, let us seek the LORD of hoostes, I will go with you.)

WYC and the dwelleris schulen go, oon to an other, and seie, Go we, and biseche the face of the Lord, and seke we the Lord of oostis; also I shal go.
(and the dwelleris should go, one to an other, and say, Go we, and beseech/implore the face of the Lord, and seek we the Lord of oostis; also I shall go.)

LUT und werden die Bürger von einer Stadt gehen zur andern und sagen: Laßt uns gehen, zu bitten vor dem HErrn und zu suchen den HErrn Zebaoth; wir wollen auch mit euch gehen.
(und become the Bürger from einer city go to change and say: Laßt uns go, to bitten before/in_front_of to_him LORD and to suchen the LORD Zebaoth; wir wollen also with you go.)

CLV et vadant habitatores, unus ad alterum, dicentes: Eamus, et deprecemur faciem Domini, et quæramus Dominum exercituum: vadam etiam ego.
(et vadant habitatores, unus to alterum, saying: Eamus, and deprecemur face Master, and quæramus Dominum exercituum: vadam also ego. )

BRN and the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city, saying, Let us go to make supplication to the Lord, and to seek the face of the Lord Almighty; I will go also.

BrLXX καὶ συνελεύσονται κατοικοῦντες πέντε πόλεις εἰς μίαν πόλιν, λέγοντες, πορευθῶμεν δεηθῆναι τοῦ προσώπου Κυρίου, καὶ ἐκζητῆσαι τὸ πρόσωπον Κυρίου παντοκράτορος· πορεύσομαι κᾀγώ·
(kai suneleusontai katoikountes pente poleis eis mian polin, legontes, poreuthōmen deaʸthaʸnai tou prosōpou Kuriou, kai ekzaʸtaʸsai to prosōpon Kuriou pantokratoros; poreusomai kagō; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) will go to another city

(Some words not found in UHB: and,go inhabitants one(fs) to/towards one(fs) to=say go to_go to,entreat DOM face/surface_of YHWH and,to,seek DOM YHWH armies/angels going also/yet I )

This is a metonym for the people in the other city. Alternate translation: “will go to the people of another city”

(Occurrence 0) beg

(Some words not found in UHB: and,go inhabitants one(fs) to/towards one(fs) to=say go to_go to,entreat DOM face/surface_of YHWH and,to,seek DOM YHWH armies/angels going also/yet I )

Here the word “beg” means to plead or ask urgently.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) before the face of Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: and,go inhabitants one(fs) to/towards one(fs) to=say go to_go to,entreat DOM face/surface_of YHWH and,to,seek DOM YHWH armies/angels going also/yet I )

Here “face” is a metonym for Yahweh’s presence. See how you translated this in Zechariah 7:2. Alternate translation: “in the presence of Yahweh”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) seek Yahweh of hosts

(Some words not found in UHB: and,go inhabitants one(fs) to/towards one(fs) to=say go to_go to,entreat DOM face/surface_of YHWH and,to,seek DOM YHWH armies/angels going also/yet I )

Those who want to know Yahweh and please him are spoken of as if they are literally seeking to find Yahweh.

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