New American Standard Bible 1995
Zechariah 4:7
7‘What are you, O great 1mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with 2shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”
Zechariah 4:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
- New International Version (NIV)“What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”
Context of Zechariah 4:7
5So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.” 6Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’” 8Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
Read all of Zechariah 4Zechariah 4:7 word by word
מִֽי־אַתָּ֧ה הַֽר־הַגָּד֛וֹל לִפְנֵ֥י זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל לְמִישֹׁ֑ר וְהוֹצִיא֙ אֶת־הָאֶ֣בֶן הָרֹאשָׁ֔ה תְּשֻׁא֕וֹת חֵ֥ן חֵ֖ן לָֽהּ׃ פRead the interlinear
- Whatמִיmîy · who?H4310
- are you, O greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- Beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- Zerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶ֫לzerûbbâbel · ZerubbabelH2216
- a plainמִישׁוֹרmîyshôr mîyshôr · plainH4334
- and he will bringיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- the topרֹאשָׁהrô'shâh · topH7222
- stoneאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
- shoutsתְּשֻׁאָהteshû'âh · shoutH8663
- of “Graceחֵןchên · favorH2580
Cross-references for Zechariah 4:7
- Zechariah 14:4In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.
- Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs.
- Isaiah 40:3A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
- Isaiah 41:15Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, And will make the hills like chaff.
- Isaiah 64:1Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence--
- Jeremiah 51:25“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the Lord, “And I will stretch out My hand against you, And roll you down from the crags, And I will make you a burnt out mountain.
- Daniel 2:34You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.
- Micah 1:4The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.
- Micah 4:1And it will come about in the last days That the mountain of the house of the Lord Will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, And the peoples will stream to it.
- Nahum 1:5Mountains quake because of Him And the hills dissolve; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.
- Habakkuk 3:6He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
- Haggai 2:6For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.
- Matthew 21:21And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.
- Luke 3:5Every ravine will be filled, And every mountain and hill will be brought low; The crooked will become straight, And the rough roads smooth;
- Revelation 16:20And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
- Zechariah 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
Commentaries on Zechariah 4:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7O great mountain? - The hinderances which were thrown in the way; the regal prohibition to discontinue the building of the temple. Before Zerubbabel - a plain - The sovereign power of God shall remove them. March on, Zerubbabel; all shall be made plain and smooth before thee. I have given thee the work to do, and I will remove all hinderances out of thy way. He shall bring forth the headstone - As he has laid the foundation stone, so shall he put on the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt be a plain - The words have the character of a sacred proverb; “Every one that exalteth himself shall be abased” Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14. Isaiah prophesies the victories of the Gospel in the same imagery, “Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight and the rough places plain” Isaiah 40:4. And in the New Testament Paul says…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7O great mountain … become a plain: This phrase is a metaphor used in both the Old Testament (see Isaiah 40:4; 49:11) and the New Testament (see Matthew 17:20; 1 Corinthians 13:2). It means that faith in God helps people overcome difficult challenges. The capstone or headstone, which is the final stone, completes a stone wall or building (see Psalm 118:22). Grace, grace to it! is a prayer asking for God's favor and blessing on the new temple.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. All mountain-like obstacles (Is 40:4; 49:11) in Zerubbabel's way shall be removed, so that the crowning top-stone shall be put on, and the completion of the work be acknowledged as wholly of "grace." Antitypically, the antichristian last foe of Israel, the obstacle preventing her establishment in Palestine, about to be crushed before Messiah, is probably meant (Jr 51:25; Da 2:34, 44; Mt 21:44). bring forth the head-stone--Primarily, bring it forth from…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 4
- 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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