Zechariah 14:4

Zechariah 14:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
• New International Version (NIV)On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.

Context of Zechariah 14:4

2I will bring soldiers from all countries to fight against Jerusalem. They will go into the city and they will rob the houses. They will have sex with the women. They will lead away half the people to other countries. They will let the other half stay in Jerusalem. 3Then the Lord will go out. And he will fight against the people from those countries as in past years. On that day, the Lord's feet will stand on the Mount of Olives. This mountain is east of Jerusalem. It will break in two from east to west and it will make a wide valley. Half of the mountain will move north and half of the mountain will move south. 5In the time of Uzziah, king of Judah, you ran away when the earth moved. You will do this again. Then the Lord will come. And all those who are holy will come with him. 6On that day, it will not be light in some places and dark in other places.

Zechariah 14:4 word by word

וְעָמְד֣וּ רַגְלָ֣יו בַּיּוֹם־הַ֠הוּא עַל־הַ֨ר הַזֵּתִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִַם֮ מִקֶּדֶם֒ וְנִבְקַע֩ הַ֨ר הַזֵּיתִ֤ים מֵֽחֶצְיוֹ֙ מִזְרָ֣חָה וָיָ֔מָּה גֵּ֖יא גְּדוֹלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וּמָ֨שׁ חֲצִ֥י הָהָ֛ר צָפ֖וֹנָה וְחֶצְיוֹ־נֶֽגְבָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And his feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• in that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• upon the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• of Olivesזַ֫יִתzayith · (Mount of) OlivesH2132
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• on the eastקֶ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · front: eastH6924
• shall cleaveבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• in the midstחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• thereof toward the eastמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
• and toward the westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• a veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
• shall removeמוּשׁmûsh · to removeH4185
• toward the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• of it toward the southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045

Cross-references for Zechariah 14:4

• Zechariah 14:7It will be a day like no other day. There will be no night. When it is evening, there will still be light. Only the Lord himself will know that day.
• Ezekiel 11:23The glory of the Lord rose up and it went away from the city. It stopped over a mountain on the east side of the city.
• Ezekiel 43:2There I suddenly saw the bright glory of the God of Israel as it came from the east. His voice was like the noise of lots of water that pours along a river. The land around shone with the bright light of his glory.
• Acts 1:11The men said to the apostles, ‘You men from Galilee, you should not still be standing here and looking up into the sky. God has taken Jesus into heaven. You saw the way that Jesus went up to heaven. One day, he himself will return in the same way.’
• Zechariah 4:7“Big mountain, you are no problem. You will become flat ground in front of Zerubbabel. Then he will bring out the last and biggest stone of my house. The people will shout, ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ” ’
• Isaiah 64:1Please Lord, break open the skies and come down to help us! That would make the mountains shake!
• Micah 1:3Look! The Lord is leaving his place and he is coming down to the earth. He will come to the high places (where you worship false gods). He will destroy those places when he comes.
• Nahum 1:5He causes the mountains to shake and he causes the hills to become flat. The earth and all the people in the world are afraid of God.
• Habakkuk 3:6God stands ready to fight, and he causes the earth to shake. He looks at the nations and they shake with fear. The very old mountains break into pieces. The old hills fall down flat. He travels on roads that have been there for ever.
• Mark 11:23I tell you this: A person could say to this mountain, “Move and throw yourself into the sea.” Then it will happen like he says. But he must not let other ideas come into his mind. He must really believe that those things will happen. If he does believe it, God will do those things for him.
• Zechariah 14:10All the land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become flat. But Jerusalem will rise and it will be high in its place. The city will be from the Gate of Benjamin to the Corner Gate and to the High Building of Hananel. The place where the servants of the king make his wine will be in it too.
• Joel 3:12‘Wake up the people in all the countries! Bring them into the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will sit there to judge the people from every place.
• Ezekiel 47:1The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple. There I saw water that was pouring out from under the entrance. It was pouring towards the east. (The front entrance of the temple opened towards the east.) The river of water came from under the south side of the temple. It went past the south side of the altar.

Commentaries on Zechariah 14:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And his feet shall stand - He shall appear in full possession of the place, as a mighty conqueror. And the mount of Olives shall cleave - God shall display his miraculous power as fully in the final restoration of the Jews, as he did when he divided the Red Sea that their forefathers might pass through dry-shod. Some refer this to the destruction of the city by the Romans. It was on the mount of Olives that Titus posted his army to batter Jerusalem. Here…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives - “Over against Jerusalem to the east, wherein riseth the Sun of Righteousness.” The Mount of Olives is the central eminence of a line of hills, of rather more than a mile in length, overhanging the city, from which it is separated only by the narrow bed of the valley of the brook Cedron. It rises 187 feet above Mount Zion, 295 feet above Mount Moriah, 443 feet above Gethsemane, and lies…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Jesus went up into heaven from the Mount of Olives. After this, angels told the disciples of Jesus that he would return in the same way they had seen him go (Acts 1:11–12). The prophet Zechariah describes an earthquake that will split the Mount of Olives in two. This will create a valley running east and west. The valley will give the Hebrews an escape route when the nations attack Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:5). Many Christians connect this event with the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The object of the cleaving of the mount in two by a fissure or valley (a prolongation of the valley of Jehoshaphat, and extending from Jerusalem on the west towards Jordan, eastward) is to open a way of escape to the besieged (compare Joe 3:12, 14). Half the divided mount is thereby forced northward, half southward; the valley running between. The place of His departure at His ascension shall be the place of His return: and the "manner" of His return…Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 14:4

• Earthquakes
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Mount of Olives
• That Day
• Cleave
• Consume
• Olves, Mount of
• Bible, the
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Olives, Mount of
• Salvation

Commentaries on Zechariah 14

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings