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

3My anger burns against the shepherds and I will punish the leaders. Adonai-Tzva’ot cares for His flock, the house of Judah. He will make them His valiant steed in battle. 4From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow and from him every leader together. They will be like mighty men treading down muddy streets in war. They will fight, because Adonai is with them and will put horsemen to shame. 6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had never spurned them, for I am Adonai their God and I will answer them! 7The Ephraimites will be like a warrior. Their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see and be glad. Their hearts will rejoice in Adonai.

Zechariah 10:5 word by word

וְהָי֨וּ כְגִבֹּרִ֜ים בּוֹסִ֨ים בְּטִ֤יט חוּצוֹת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְנִ֨לְחֲמ֔וּ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּ֑ם וְהֹבִ֖ישׁוּ רֹכְבֵ֥י סוּסִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall be as mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• which tread downבּוּסbûs · to trampleH947
• in the mireטִיטţîyţ · mudH2916
• of the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• in the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• and they shall fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• because the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• with them, and the ridersרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
• on horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• shall be confoundedיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001

Cross-references for Zechariah 10:5

• Zechariah 9:13I will bend Judah as my bow and fill it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion against your sons, O Greece. I will wield you like a warrior’s sword.
• Zechariah 12:8In that day Adonai will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the weakest among them that day will be like David and the house of David will be like God—like the angel of Adonai before them.
• 1 Samuel 16:18One of the young men answered and said, “I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite who is skillful in playing music. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, prudent in speech, a handsome man, and Adonai is with him.”
• 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth rocked and quaked, the foundation of heaven trembled. They reeled because He was angry.
• Psalms 45:3You are the most handsome of the sons of men. Grace pours from your lips. Therefore God has blessed you forever.
• Luke 24:19Yeshua said to them, “What kind of things?” And they said to Him, “The things about Yeshua from Natzeret, who was a Prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people—
• Acts 7:22Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in his words and deeds.
• Acts 18:24Now a Jewish man named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, well versed in the Scriptures.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful through God for the tearing down of strongholds. We are tearing down false arguments
• Psalms 18:42They cry out, but there is none to save —even to Adonai, but He did not answer them.
• Isaiah 10:6I am sending it against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My fury I am commissioning it, to take spoil and plunder, to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Isaiah 25:10For the hand of Adonai will rest on this mountain. Moab will be trampled under Him, as straw is trampled in a manure pile.
• Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her— she who said to me: “Where is Adonai, your God?” My eyes will gaze at her— now she will be trampled like mud in streets.
• Matthew 4:3And when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are Ben-Elohim, tell these stones to become bread.”
• Zechariah 14:3Then Adonai will go forth and fight against those nations as He fights in a day of battle.
• Deuteronomy 20:1“When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horse and chariot—a people more numerous than you—do not be afraid of them. For Adonai your God, the One 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

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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