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Zechariah 9:4

Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

KJV

Ecce Dominus possidebit eam : et percutiet in mari fortitudinem ejus, et hæc igni devorabitur.

Vulgate

καὶ διὰ τοῦτο Κύριος κληρονομήσει αὐτούς, καὶ πατάξει εἰς θάλασσαν δύναμιν αὐτῆς, καὶ αὕτη ἐν πυρὶ καταναλωθήσεται.

LXX

Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

ASV

הִנֵּ֤ה אֲדֹנָ/י֙ יֽוֹרִשֶׁ֔/נָּה וְ/הִכָּ֥ה בַ/יָּ֖ם חֵילָ֑/הּ וְ/הִ֖יא בָּ/אֵ֥שׁ תֵּאָכֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
י
y
noun · 440×
ם
m
verb · 811×
ם
m
verb · 499×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 1:10 — But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
  • Amos 1:10 — But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
  • Ezek 26:17 — And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants,
  • Ezek 28:18 — Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will br