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 anger is kindled against the shepherds, And I will punish the male goats; For the Lord of armies has visited His flock, the house of Judah, And will make them like His majestic horse in battle. 4From them will come the cornerstone, From them the tent peg, From them the bow of battle, From them every tyrant, all of them together. And they will be like warriors, Trampling down the enemy in the mud of the streets in battle; And they will fight, because the Lord will be with them; And the riders on horses will be put to shame. 6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph, And I will bring them back, Because I have had compassion on them; And they will be as though I had not rejected them, For I am the Lord their God and I will answer them. 7Ephraim will be like a warrior, And their heart will be joyful as if from wine; Indeed, their children will see it and be joyful, Their heart will rejoice 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

• And they will be like warriorsגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• Tramplingבּוּסbûs · to trampleH947
• in the mudטִיטţîyţ · mudH2916
• of the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• in battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• And they will fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• ridersרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
• on horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• will be putבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954

Cross-references for Zechariah 10:5

• Zechariah 9:13For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece; And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
• Zechariah 12:8On that day the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.
• 1 Samuel 16:18Then one of the young men responded and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a valiant mighty man, a warrior, skillful in speech, and a handsome man; and the Lord is with him.”
• 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
• Psalms 45:3Strap Your sword on Your thigh, Mighty One, In Your splendor and majesty!
• Luke 24:19And He said to them, “What sort of things?” And they said to Him, “Those about Jesus the Nazarene, who proved to be a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,
• Acts 7:22Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was proficient in speaking and action.
• Acts 18:24Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
• Psalms 18:42Then I beat them fine like the dust before the wind; I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.
• Isaiah 10:6I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture spoils and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain, And Moab will be trampled down in his place As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
• Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will look at her; At that time she will be trampled down Like mud of the streets.
• Matthew 4:3And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
• Zechariah 14:3Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.
• Deuteronomy 20:1“When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is 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

Topics related to Zechariah 10:5

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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