Zechariah 8:16

Zechariah 8:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
• New International Version (NIV)These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts;
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;
• New King James Version (NKJV)These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;

Context of Zechariah 8:16

14For thus saith Yhwh of Armies; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Yhwh of Armies, and I repented not: 15So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: 17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Yhwh. 18And the word of Yhwh of Armies came unto me, saying,

Zechariah 8:16 word by word

אֵ֥לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּֽעֲשׂ֑וּ דַּבְּר֤וּ אֱמֶת֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֔הוּ אֱמֶת֙ וּמִשְׁפַּ֣ט שָׁל֔וֹם שִׁפְט֖וּ בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• the thingsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• that ye shall doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• Speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• ye every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• the truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: trueH571
• to his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• executeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• the judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• and peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
• in your gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179

Cross-references for Zechariah 8:16

• Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what doth Yhwh thy God require of thee, but to fear Yhwh thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yhwh thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
• Deuteronomy 11:7But your eyes have seen all the great acts of Yhwh which he did.
• Micah 6:8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Yhwh require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Luke 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
• Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
• 1 Peter 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• Zechariah 8:19Thus saith Yhwh of Armies; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
• Zechariah 7:9Thus speaketh Yhwh of Armies, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
• Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
• Psalms 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
• Proverbs 12:17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
• Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Yhwh.
• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of Yhwh, ye children of Israel: for Yhwh hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
• Micah 6:12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
• Ephesians 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

Commentaries on Zechariah 8:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Speak ye every man the truth - See Zechariah 7:9, Zechariah 7:10.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16These are the things that ye shall do - He exhorts them to the same duties, to which the former prophets had exhorted their fathers, Zechariah 7:9-10, and, as before, first positively to truth and peace; then to avoid everything contrary to it. “Judgment of peace” must be judgment which issues in peace, as all righteous judgment righteously received, in which case each party acquiesces, must. Kimchi: “If ye judge righteousness, there will be peace between…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 Those only who lay their hands to the plough of duty, shall have them strengthened with the promises of mercy: those who avoid their fathers' faults have the curse turned into a blessing. Those who believed the promises, were to show their faith by their works, and to wait the fulfilment. When God is displeased, he can cause trade to decay, and set every man against his neighbour; but when he returns in mercy, all is happy and prosperous…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16God expects his people to act with honesty and fairness (see Ephesians 4:25). your gates: Legal proceedings took place at the city or temple gates (see Deuteronomy 21:19; 25:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. The promised blessings are connected with obedience. God's covenanted grace will lead those truly blessed by it to holiness, not licentiousness. truth to ... neighbour--not that the truth should not be spoken to foreigners too; but He makes it an aggravation of their sin, that they spared not even their brethren. Besides, and above all outward ordinances (Zec 7:3), God requires truth and justice. judgment of ... peace--Equitable decisions tend to…Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 8:16

• Commandments
• Court
• Gates
• Gentiles
• Justice
• Neighbor
• Quotations and Allusions
• Rulers
• Speaking
• Truth

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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