Zechariah 8:9
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
KJV
Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Confortentur manus vestræ, qui auditis in his diebus sermones istos per os prophetarum, in die qua fundata est domus Domini exercituum, ut templum ædificaretur.
Vulgate
τάδε λέγει Κύριος Παντοκράτωρ Κατισχυέτωσαν αἱ χεῖρες ὑμῶν τῶν ἀκουόντων ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις τοὺς λόγους τούτους ἐκ στόματος τῶν προφητῶν, ἀφ’ ἧς ἡμέρας τεθεμελίωται ὁ οἶκος Κυρίου Παντοκράτορος, καὶ ὁ ναὸς ἀφ’ οὗ ᾠκοδόμηται.
LXX
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
ASV
כֹּֽה אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יְדֵי/כֶ֔ם הַ/שֹּֽׁמְעִים֙ בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה אֵ֖ת הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה מִ/פִּי֙ הַ/נְּבִיאִ֔ים אֲ֠שֶׁר בְּ/י֞וֹם יֻסַּ֨ד בֵּית יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת הַ/הֵיכָ֖ל לְ/הִבָּנֽוֹת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 22:13 — Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
- 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
- 2Chr 32:7 — Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
- 2Tim 2:1 — Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- Dan 10:19 — And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me
- Eph 6:10 — Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
- Eph 6:10 — Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
- Ezra 5:1 — Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
- Hag 2:4 — Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith
- Hag 2:18 — Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.
- Hag 2:21 — Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
- Isa 35:4 — Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
- Josh 1:6 — Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
- Rom 4:20 — He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
- Zech 8:13 — And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.