KJV King James Version
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These [are they] whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
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Zechariah 1:10
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These [are they] whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”
WEB World English Bible
The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, “They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the one who is standing between the myrtles doth answer and say, ‘These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk up and down in the land.’
Surrounding context — Zechariah 1
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,
8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind him [were there] red horses, speckled, and white.
9 Then said I, O my lord, what [are] these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these [be].
10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These [are they] whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me [with] good words [and] comfortable words.
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וַיַּ֗עַןH6030 · unto dwellהָאִ֛ישׁH376 · ishmanהָעֹמֵ֥דH5975 · a.madto stand: standבֵּין־H996 · ba.yinbetweenהַהַדַסִּ֖יםH1918 · ha.dasmyrtleוַיֹּאמַ֑רH559 · a.marto sayאֵ֚לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichשָׁלַ֣חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבָּאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Zechariah 1:11And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?Zechariah 6:5-8And the angel answered and said unto me, These [are] the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.Job 1:7And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.Zechariah 1:8I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind him [were there] red horses, speckled, and white.Job 2:1-2Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.Psalm 103:20-21Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.Zechariah 4:10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those seven; they [are] the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.Hosea 12:3-5He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:Ezekiel 1:5-14Also out of the midst thereof [came] the likeness of four living creatures. And this [was] their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.Genesis 32:24-31And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
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