English Standard Version
Zechariah 7:6
6And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
Zechariah 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
- New International Version (NIV)And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves?
- New Living Translation (NLT)And even now in your holy festivals, aren’t you eating and drinking just to please yourselves?
Context of Zechariah 7:6
4Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me: 5"Say to all the people of the land and the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted? And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? 7Were not these the words that the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, with her cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'" 8And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,
Read all of Zechariah 7Zechariah 7:6 word by word
וְכִ֥י תֹאכְל֖וּ וְכִ֣י תִשְׁתּ֑וּ הֲל֤וֹא אַתֶּם֙ הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔ים וְאַתֶּ֖ם הַשֹּׁתִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zechariah 7:6
- Deuteronomy 12:7And there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 14:26and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And you shall eat there before the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.
- 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."
- 1 Chronicles 29:22And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the Lord, and Zadok as priest.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
- Hosea 8:13As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
- Hosea 9:4They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the Lord, and their sacrifices shall not please him. It shall be like mourners' bread to them; all who eat of it shall be defiled; for their bread shall be for their hunger only; it shall not come to the house of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 10:31So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
- 1 Corinthians 11:20When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.
- Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Commentaries on Zechariah 7:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And when ye did eat - They had not observed those fasts as they should have done. They deplored the loss of their temple, and its riches, etc., but they did not humble themselves because of those iniquities which had brought the displeasure of God upon them, their temple, and their city.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And when ye eat and when ye drink, is it not ye who eat and ye who drink? - Conversely now that, after your return, ye feast for joy, this is no religious act; ye have all the good of it, there is no thanksgiving to God. Contrary to the apostle‘s saying, “Whether ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glow of God” 1 Corinthians 10:31. “He eateth and drinketh to himself, who receiveth the nourishments of the body, which are the common gifts of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7Instead of answering immediately, Zechariah challenged his listeners about their selfish motives and hypocrisy. The key issue was whether their true desire was to please God and follow his will. If not, fasting did not matter.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. did not ye eat for yourselves?--literally, "Is it not ye who eat?" that is, it is not unto Me and My glory. It tends no more to My glory, your feasting than your fasting.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 7
- 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
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