New King James Version
Zechariah 10:1
1Ask the Lord for rain In the time of the latter rain. The Lord will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone.
Zechariah 10:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
- New International Version (NIV)Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Ask the Lord for rain in the spring, for he makes the storm clouds. And he will send showers of rain so every field becomes a lush pasture.
Context of Zechariah 10:1
Ask the Lord for rain In the time of the latter rain. The Lord will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone. 2For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd. 3“My anger is kindled against the shepherds, And I will punish the goatherds. For the Lord of hosts will visit His flock, The house of Judah, And will make them as His royal horse in the battle.
Read all of Zechariah 10Zechariah 10:1 word by word
שַׁאֲל֨וּ מֵיְהוָ֤ה מָטָר֙ בְּעֵ֣ת מַלְק֔וֹשׁ יְהוָ֖ה עֹשֶׂ֣ה חֲזִיזִ֑ים וּמְטַר־גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ יִתֵּ֣ן לָהֶ֔ם לְאִ֖ישׁ עֵ֥שֶׂב בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Askשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
- ye of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
- in the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
- of the latter rainמַלְקוֹשׁmalqôsh · spring rainH4456
- shall makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- bright cloudsחֲזִיזchăzîyz · lightningH2385
- and giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- them showersגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
- to every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- grassעֵ֫שֶׂב‛eώeb · vegetationH6212
- in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
Cross-references for Zechariah 10:1
- Ezekiel 36:37‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will increase their men like a flock.
- Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
- John 16:23“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
- James 5:16Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
- Deuteronomy 11:13‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 28:23And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron.
- 1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.”
- 1 Kings 18:41Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
- Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it.”
- Isaiah 30:23Then He will give the rain for your seed With which you sow the ground, And bread of the increase of the earth; It will be fat and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed In large pastures.
- Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O Lord our God? Therefore we will wait for You, Since You have made all these.
- Amos 4:7“I also withheld rain from you, When there were still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, And where it did not rain the part withered.
- Deuteronomy 11:14then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
- Job 29:23They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
- Proverbs 16:15In the light of the king’s face is life, And his favor is like a cloud of the latter rain.
- Hosea 6:3Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
Commentaries on Zechariah 10:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Ask ye of the Lord rain - Rain in the due seasons - To impregnate the seed when sown; and 2. To fill the ear near the time of harvest - was so essential to the fertility of the land, and the well-being of the people, that it stands well among the chief of God's mercies and the promise of it here shows that God designs to ensure the prosperity promised, by using those means by which it was promoted.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Ask ye of the Lord rain - “Ask and ye shall receive” our Lord says. Zechariah had promised in God‘s name blessings temporal and spiritual: all was ready on God‘s part; only, he adds, ask them of the Lord, the Unchangeable, the Self-same not of Teraphim or of diviner, as Israel had done aforetime Jeremiah 44:15-28. He had promised, “If ye shall hearken diligently unto My coramandments, to love the Lord your God, I will give you the rain of your land in his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Blessings to be sought from the Lord. (1-5) God will restore his people. (6-12) Verses 1-5 Spiritual blessings had been promised under figurative allusions to earthly plenty. Seasonable rain is a great mercy, which we may ask of God when there is most need of it, and we may look for it to come. We must in our prayers ask for mercies in their proper time. The Lord would make bright clouds, and give showers of rain. This may be an exhortation to seek the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Rain was a sign of divine blessing (see Joel 2:23). The Lord provided the rain, but Israel's leaders made the people trust false gods instead.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-12Call to prayer to Jehovah, as contrasted with the idol-worship which had brought judgments on the princes and people. Blessings promised in answer to prayer: (1) rulers of themselves; (2) conquest of their enemies; (3) restoration and establishment of both Israel and Judah in their own land in lasting peace and piety. 1. Ask ... rain--on which the abundance of "corn" promised by the Lord (Zec 9:17) depends. Jehovah alone can give it, and will give it on…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
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