KJV King James Version
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
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Zechariah 3:9
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
WEB World English Bible
For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
ASV American Standard Version
For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For lo, the stone that I put before Joshua, On one stone are seven eyes, Lo, I am graving its graving, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have removed the iniquity of that land in one day.
Surrounding context — Zechariah 3
6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they [are] men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
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כִּ֣י׀H3588 · kiforהִנֵּ֣הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdהָאֶ֗בֶןH68 · e.venstoneאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichנָתַ֙תִּי֙H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaעַל־H5921 · aluponאֶ֥בֶןH68 · e.venstoneאַחַ֖תH259 · e.chadoneשִׁבְעָ֣הH7651 · she.vasevenעֵינָ֑יִםH5869 · a.yineyeהִנְנִ֧יH2005 · henlook!מְפַתֵּ֣חַH6605 · pa.tachto openפִּתֻּחָ֗הּH6603 · pit.tu.achengravingנְאֻם֙H5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָא֔וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyוּמַשְׁתִּ֛יH4185 · mushto removeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֲוֹ֥ןH5771 · a.vaniniquity: crimeהָאָֽרֶץ־H776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַהִ֖יאH1931 · huhe/she/itבְּי֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayאֶחָֽד׃H259 · e.chadone
Cross-references
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.Jeremiah 50:20In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and [there shall be] none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.Revelation 5:6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.Jeremiah 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.Psalm 118:22The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.1 Peter 2:4-8To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious,Hebrews 9:25-26Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;Romans 9:33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.Matthew 21:42-44Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?Daniel 9:24-27Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.1 Timothy 2:5-6For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;Micah 7:18-19Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.2 Corinthians 1:22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.Hebrews 7:27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.2 Corinthians 3:3[Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.Zechariah 3:4And 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.
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