Zechariah 4:7

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

5The angel who spoke with me responded by asking me, ‘You do not know what these are?’ I replied, ‘No, my lord.’ 6Then he responded to me by saying, ‘This is the word of Adonai to Zerubbabel saying: “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Ruach!” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. “What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. He will bring out the capstone with shouts of “Grace, grace” to it.’” 8Again the word of Adonai came to me saying: 9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this House. His hands will also finish it. Then you will know that Adonai-Tzva’ot has sent me to you.

Zechariah 4:7 word by word

מִֽי־אַתָּ֧ה הַֽר־הַגָּד֛וֹל לִפְנֵ֥י זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל לְמִישֹׁ֑ר וְהוֹצִיא֙ אֶת־הָאֶ֣בֶן הָרֹאשָׁ֔ה תְּשֻׁא֕וֹת חֵ֥ן חֵ֖ן לָֽהּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• thou, O greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Zerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶ֫לzerûbbâbel · ZerubbabelH2216
• a plainמִישׁוֹרmîyshôr mîyshôr · plainH4334
• and he shall bring forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• the headstoneרֹאשָׁהrô'shâh · topH7222
• the headstoneאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• shoutingsתְּשֻׁאָהteshû'âh · shoutH8663
• Graceחֵןchên · favorH2580

Cross-references for Zechariah 4:7

• Zechariah 14:4In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a huge valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north and half of it toward the south.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
• Isaiah 40:3A voice cries out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of Adonai, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
• Isaiah 41:15“Look, I will make you a threshing sledge, new, with sharp, double-edged spikes. You will thresh the mountains and grind them up, and will make the hills like chaff.
• Isaiah 64:1As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil, make Your Name known to Your foes, so the nations may tremble before You!
• Jeremiah 51:25“Beware! I am against you, destroyer of the Mount!” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “Destroyer of all the land— I will stretch out My hand at you, roll you down from the cliffs, and make you a burning hill.
• Daniel 2:34While you were watching, a stone was cut out, but not by hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them.
• Micah 1:4The mountains will melt away under Him and the valleys will split apart like wax before the fire, like water being poured down a slope.
• Micah 4:1But at the end of days the mountain of Adonai’s House will be established as chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills. Peoples will flow up to it.
• Nahum 1:5Mountains quaked because of Him, and the hills have melted. The earth has heaved up at His presence—yes, the world and everything dwelling in it.
• Habakkuk 3:6He stood, and the earth shook. He looked, and startled nations. Ancient mountains were shattered, hills of antiquity sank down. His ways are everlasting.
• Haggai 2:6For thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “In just a little while I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land,
• Matthew 21:21Yeshua answered them, “Amen, I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
• Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled up and every mountain and hill brought low. The crooked shall be made straight and the rough ways made smooth,
• Revelation 16:20Every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found.
• Zechariah 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this House. His hands will also finish it. Then you will know that Adonai-Tzva’ot 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