God’s Word Translation
Zechariah 8:5
5The city will be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets.
Zechariah 8:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The streets of the city Shall be full of boys and girls Playing in its streets.’
Context of Zechariah 8:5
3This is what the Lord says: I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth. The mountain of the Lord of Armies will be called the holy mountain. 4This is what the Lord of Armies says: Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem. Each will have a cane in hand because of old age. The city will be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets. 6This is what the Lord of Armies says: It may seem impossible to the few remaining people in those days, but will it seem impossible to me? declares the Lord of Armies. 7This is what the Lord of Armies says: I am going to save my people from the land where the sun rises and from the land where the sun sets.
Read all of Zechariah 8Zechariah 8:5 word by word
וּרְחֹב֤וֹת הָעִיר֙ יִמָּ֣לְא֔וּ יְלָדִ֖ים וִֽילָד֑וֹת מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים בִּרְחֹֽבֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Zechariah 8:5
- Zechariah 2:4and said to him, “Run, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited like an unwalled village because it will have so many people and animals in it.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table.
- Psalms 144:12May our sons be like full-grown, young plants. May our daughters be like stately columns that adorn the corners of a palace.
- Jeremiah 30:19The people who live there will sing songs of praise, and the sound of laughter will be heard from there. I’ll make them numerous, and their number won’t decrease. I’ll bring them honor, and they won’t be considered unimportant.
- Jeremiah 31:27“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will plant the nations of Israel and Judah with people and animals.
- Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms. You will hear those who bring thank offerings to the Lord’s temple say, ‘Give thanks to the Lord of Armies because the Lord is good, because his mercy endures forever.’ I will restore the fortunes of the land to what they were before,” says the Lord.
- Lamentations 2:19Get up! Cry out at night, every hour on the hour. Pour your heart out like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him ⌞in prayer⌟ for the life of your little children who faint from hunger at every street corner.”
- Matthew 11:16“How can I describe the people who are living now? They are like children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to other children,
Commentaries on Zechariah 8:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls - The progeny shall be numerous, healthy, and happy. Their innocent gambols and useful exercises shall be a means of health, and a proof of happiness. To be healthy, children must have exercise. But they cannot take exercise, except in the way of play and diversion: ergo, such playfulness cannot be sinful. Let them be kept from evil words, lying, swearing, and scurrility; and all the rest may be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The images of elderly men and women walking, along with boys and girls playing in the streets, show that families are returning to the once devastated city of Jerusalem. God's presence returning to his rebuilt temple will bring peace and safety to the city's people (see Jeremiah 33:10–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. boys and girls playing--implying security and a numerous progeny, accounted a leading blessing among the Jews. Contrast Jr 6:11; 9:21.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 8
- 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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