Zechariah 12:14

Zechariah 12:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
• New International Version (NIV)and all the rest of the clans and their wives.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.
• New King James Version (NKJV)all the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves.

Context of Zechariah 12:14

12The land will mourn, every family by itself; the [royal] family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan [David’s son] by itself and their wives by themselves; 13the [priestly] family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei [grandson of Levi] by itself and their wives by themselves; all the families that remain, each by itself, and their wives by themselves [each with an overwhelming individual regret for having blindly rejected their Messiah].

Zechariah 12:14 word by word

כֹּ֗ל הַמִּשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ הַנִּשְׁאָר֔וֹת מִשְׁפָּחֹ֥ת מִשְׁפָּחֹ֖ת לְבָ֑ד וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם לְבָֽד׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• that remainשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• apart, and their wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802

Cross-references for Zechariah 12:14

• Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself [for your own benefit]; If you scoff [thoughtlessly ridicule and disdain], you alone will pay the penalty.

Commentaries on Zechariah 12:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-14Verses 12-14 This sorrow should be universal but also individual, the whole land, and that, family by family; the royal family in the direct line of its kings, and in a branch from Nathan, a son of David and whole brother of Solomon 1 Chronicles 3:5, which was continued on in private life yet was still to be an ancestral line of Jesus Luke 3:31: in like way the main priestly family from Levi, and a subordinate line from a grandson of Levi, “the family of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 The day here spoken of, is the day of Jerusalem's defence and deliverance, that glorious day when God will appear for the salvation of his people. In Christ's first coming he bruised the serpent's head, and broke all the powers of darkness that fought against God's kingdom among men. In his second coming he will complete their destruction, when he shall put down all opposing rule, principality, and power; and death itself shall be swallowed up…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14the clan of the house of David … Nathan … Levi … Shimei: Zechariah might be referring to the royal families (David and his son Nathan; see 1 Chronicles 14:4) and the priestly families (Levi and his grandson Shimei; see Numbers 3:16–18; 1 Chronicles 6:16–17). Alternatively, the four families might represent the four main leadership roles in Old Testament times: the king (David, 1 Samuel 16:1–13), the prophet (Nathan, 2 Samuel 7:2), the priest (Levi…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. A universal and an individual mourning at once. David ... Nathan--representing the highest and lowest of the royal order. Nathan, not the prophet, but a younger son of David (2Sa 5:14; Lu 3:31). apart--Retirement and seclusion are needful for deep personal religion. wives apart--Jewish females worship separately from the males (Ex 15:1, 20).Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 12:14

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Mourning

In the dictionaries

• Apart
• Bible, the
• Burden
• Ezekiel
• Salvation
• Zechariah, Book of
• Messiah
• Shimei

Commentaries on Zechariah 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings