KJV King James Version
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
WEB World English Bible
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
ASV American Standard Version
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and is standing before the messenger.
Surrounding context — Zechariah 3
1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: [is] not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
Cross-references
Isaiah 64:6But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.Ezra 9:15O LORD God of Israel, thou [art] righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as [it is] this day: behold, we [are] before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.Revelation 19:8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.Revelation 7:13-14And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?Daniel 9:18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.Matthew 22:11-13And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:2 Chronicles 30:18-20For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
CLASSIC COMMENTARY & PREACHING
Spurgeon on Zechariah 3:3
Read Charles H. Spurgeon material whose primary Scripture is this verse or passage.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Zechariah 3:3
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →