Zechariah 1:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?”

Zechariah 1:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Zechariah 1:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Zechariah 1:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?”

Zechariah 1:5 — World English Bible

Zechariah 1:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? ”

Zechariah 1:5 — American Standard Version

Zechariah 1:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Your fathers--where <FI>are<Fi> they? And the prophets--to the age do they live?”

Zechariah 1:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Zechariah 1:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? ”

Zechariah 1:5 — Darby Translation

Zechariah 1:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“your fathers, where are they? and doe the Prophets liue for euer?”

Zechariah 1:5 — Geneva Bible

Zechariah 1:5 in Context — Zechariah 1

3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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What Does Zechariah 1:5 Mean?

Zechariah 1:5 is a verse from the Book of Zechariah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Zechariah chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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