Zechariah 8:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.”

Zechariah 8:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Zechariah 8:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Zechariah 8:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.””

Zechariah 8:5 — World English Bible

Zechariah 8:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.”

Zechariah 8:5 — American Standard Version

Zechariah 8:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.”

Zechariah 8:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Zechariah 8:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.”

Zechariah 8:5 — Darby Translation

Zechariah 8:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the streetes of the citie shalbe full of boyes and girles, playing in the streetes thereof.”

Zechariah 8:5 — Geneva Bible

Zechariah 8:5 in Context — Zechariah 8

3 Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.

7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

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What Does Zechariah 8:5 Mean?

Zechariah 8:5 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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