Zechariah 10:5

Zechariah 10:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
• New International Version (NIV)Together they will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall be like mighty men in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight because the Lord is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall be like mighty men, Who tread down their enemies In the mire of the streets in the battle. They shall fight because the Lord is with them, And the riders on horses shall be put to shame.

Context of Zechariah 10:5

3“My burning anger is directed against the shepherds. I will punish the male goats. The Lord of Armies takes care of his flock, the people of Judah. He makes them like his splendid war horse.” 4From them will come a cornerstone, from them a tent peg, from them a battle bow, from them every leader. Together they will be like warriors who trample the enemy in the mud on the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them. They will put to shame those who ride on horses. 6“I will strengthen the people of Judah. I will rescue Joseph’s people. I will bring them back, because I have compassion for them. It will be as though I had never rejected them, because I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them. 7The people of Ephraim will be like mighty warriors. Their hearts will be glad as if they had some wine ⌞to drink⌟. Their sons will see it and be glad. Their hearts will find joy in the Lord.

Zechariah 10:5 word by word

וְהָי֨וּ כְגִבֹּרִ֜ים בּוֹסִ֨ים בְּטִ֤יט חוּצוֹת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְנִ֨לְחֲמ֔וּ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּ֑ם וְהֹבִ֖ישׁוּ רֹכְבֵ֥י סוּסִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall be as mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• which tread downבּוּסbûs · to trampleH947
• in the mireטִיטţîyţ · mudH2916
• of the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• in the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• and they shall fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• because the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• with them, and the ridersרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
• on horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• shall be confoundedיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001

Cross-references for Zechariah 10:5

• Zechariah 9:13I will bend Judah as my bow and draw my bow with Ephraim ⌞as its arrow⌟. I will stir up your people, Zion, against your people, Greece, and I will use you like a warrior’s sword.
• Zechariah 12:8On that day the Lord will defend those who live in Jerusalem so that even those who stumble will be like David, and David’s family will be like God, like the Messenger of the Lord ahead of them.
• 1 Samuel 16:18One of the officials said, “I know one of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem who can play well. He’s a courageous man and a warrior. He has a way with words, he is handsome, and the Lord is with him.”
• 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and quaked. Even the foundations of the heavens trembled. They shook violently because he was angry.
• Psalms 45:3O warrior, strap your sword to your side with your splendor and majesty.
• Luke 24:19“What happened?” he asked. They said to him, “We were discussing what happened to Jesus from Nazareth. He was a powerful prophet in what he did and said in the sight of God and all the people.
• Acts 7:22So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in what he said and did.
• Acts 18:24A Jew named Apollos, who had been born in Alexandria, arrived in the city of Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker and knew how to use the Scriptures in a powerful way.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons we use in our fight are not made by humans. Rather, they are powerful weapons from God. With them we destroy people’s defenses, that is, their arguments
• Psalms 18:42I beat them into a powder as fine as the dust blown by the wind. I threw them out as though they were dirt on the streets.
• Isaiah 10:6I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets.
• Isaiah 25:10The Lord’s power will be on this mountain. Moab will be trampled beneath him like straw that is trampled in a pile of manure.
• Micah 7:10Then my enemies will see this, and they will be covered with shame, because they asked me, “Where is the Lord your God?” Now I look at them. They are trampled like mud in the streets.
• Matthew 4:3The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
• Zechariah 14:3Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as he does when he fights a battle.
• Deuteronomy 20:1When you go to war against your enemies, you may see horses, chariots, and armies larger than yours. Don’t be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, will be with you.

Commentaries on Zechariah 10:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5They shall be as mighty men - The Maccabees and their successors. Riders on horses - The Macedonians, who opposed the Maccabees, and had much cavalry; whereas the Jews had none, and even few weapons of war; yet they overcame these horsemen.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And they - (the house of Judah, of whom he had said, He hath made them as the goodly horse in the battle) shall be as mighty men, trampling on the mire of the streets Micah had said, “she shall be a trampling, as the mire of the streets” Micah 7:10, and David, “I did stamp them as the mire of the street” 2 Samuel 22:43. Zechariah, by a yet bolder image, pictures those trampled upon, as what they had become, “the mire of the streets,” as worthless, as…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-12A true shepherd will come. God promises a faithful leader who will care for his people and guide them rightly.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. riders on horses--namely, the enemy's horsemen. Though the Jews were forbidden by the law to multiply horses in battle (De 17:16), they are made Jehovah's war horse (Zec 10:3; Psa 20:7), and so tread down on foot the foe with all his cavalry (Eze 38:4; Da 11:40). Cavalry was the chief strength of the Syro-Grecian army (1 Maccabees 3:39).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Zechariah 10

• 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