KJV King James Version
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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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,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
WEB World English Bible
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
ASV American Standard Version
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
On the twenty and fourth day of the eleventh month, (it is the month of Sebat,) in the second year of Darius, hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, saying:
Surrounding context — Zechariah 1
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,
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.
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בְּיוֹם֩H3117 · yomdayעֶשְׂרִ֨יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyוְאַרְבָּעָ֜הH702 · ar.bafourלְעַשְׁתֵּֽי־H6249 · ash.teelevenעָשָׂ֥רH6240 · a.sartenחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙H2320 · cho.deshmonthהוּא־H1931 · huhe/she/itחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthשְׁבָ֔טH7627 · she.vatShebatבִּשְׁנַ֥תH8141 · sha.nehyearשְׁתַּ֖יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoלְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁH1867 · dar.ya.veshDariusהָיָ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beדְבַר־H1697 · da.varwordיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)זְכַרְיָה֙H2148 · ze.khar.yahZechariahבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childבֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּH1296 · be.rekh.yahBerechiahבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childעִדּ֥וֹאH5714 · id.doIddoהַנָּבִ֖יאH5030 · na.viprophetלֵאמֹֽר׃H559 · a.marto say
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