KJV King James Version
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light.
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Zechariah 14:7
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
WEB World English Bible
It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.
ASV American Standard Version
but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time—there is light.
Surrounding context — Zechariah 14
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 And ye shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, [and] all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָיָ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beיוֹם־H3117 · yomdayאֶחָ֗דH259 · e.chadoneה֛וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיִוָּדַ֥עH3045 · ya.dato knowלַֽיהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֹא־H3808 · lonotי֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayוְלֹא־H3808 · lonotלָ֑יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightוְהָיָ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beלְעֵֽת־H6256 · ettimeעֶ֖רֶבH6153 · e.reveveningיִֽהְיֶה־H1961 · ha.yahto beאֽוֹר׃H216 · orlight
Cross-references
Revelation 22:5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.Daniel 12:4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.Isaiah 30:26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.1 Thessalonians 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.Revelation 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.Mark 13:32But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.Acts 1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.Isaiah 60:19-20The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.Acts 15:18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.Jeremiah 30:7Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.Psalm 37:18The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.Revelation 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.Revelation 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.Revelation 20:2-4And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,Isaiah 11:9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.Revelation 14:6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
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