Zechariah 7:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsZechariah 7:14 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְאֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗ם
çâʻar
H5590
to storm
עַ֤ל
ʻal
H5921
upon
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַגּוֹיִם֙
gôwy
H1471
nation
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יְדָע֔וּם
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
וְהָאָ֨רֶץ֙
ʼerets
H776
land
נָשַׁ֣מָּה
shammâh
H8047
desolation
אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם
ʼachar
H310
after
מֵֽעֹבֵ֖ר
ʻâbar
H5674
to pass over
וּמִשָּׁ֑ב
shûwb
H7725
to return
וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ
sûwm
H7760
to put
אֶֽרֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
חֶמְדָּ֖ה
chemdâh
H2532
desirable
לְשַׁמָּֽה
shammâh
H8047
desolation
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World English Bible Public Domain
"but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."
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King James Version Public Domain
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“and I will scatter them over all the nations that not they had known. And the land was made desolate after them, with none passing through or returning. And they made the land of delight into a desolation.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).