Zechariah 8:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:”

Zechariah 8:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Zechariah 8:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Zechariah 8:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,”

Zechariah 8:16 — World English Bible

Zechariah 8:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;”

Zechariah 8:16 — American Standard Version

Zechariah 8:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“These <FI>are<Fi> the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates,”

Zechariah 8:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Zechariah 8:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;”

Zechariah 8:16 — Darby Translation

Zechariah 8:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“These are ye things that ye shall doe. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truely and vprightly in your gates,”

Zechariah 8:16 — Geneva Bible

Zechariah 8:16 in Context — Zechariah 8

14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:

15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.

18 And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying,

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What Does Zechariah 8:16 Mean?

Zechariah 8:16 is a verse from the Book of Zechariah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Zechariah chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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