Tree of Life Version
Zechariah 8:5
5The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”
Zechariah 8:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The streets of the city Shall be full of boys and girls Playing in its streets.’
Context of Zechariah 8:5
3Thus says Adonai, “I will return to Zion and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth and the mountain of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be called the Holy Mountain.” 4Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “Once again old men and old women will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with his staff in his hand because of his age. The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.” 6“Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, ‘It may seem difficult in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, but will it also be difficult in My eyes?’—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot. 7“Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, ‘Behold, I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
Read all of Zechariah 8Zechariah 8:5 word by word
וּרְחֹב֤וֹת הָעִיר֙ יִמָּ֣לְא֔וּ יְלָדִ֖ים וִֽילָד֑וֹת מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים בִּרְחֹֽבֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Zechariah 8:5
- Zechariah 2:4I asked, ‘What are these coming to do?’ He answered, ‘These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could raise his head, but the craftsmen have come to frighten them, to cast down the horns of the nations that have lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.’
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house. Your children will be like olive saplings around your table.
- Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved for the construction of a palace.
- Jeremiah 30:19Out of them will come thanksgiving and the sound of celebration. I will multiply them, so they will not decrease. I will also honor them, so they will not be insignificant.
- Jeremiah 31:27Now just as I have watched over them to uproot and to pull down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to bring disaster, then I will watch over them to build and to plant,” says Adonai.
- Jeremiah 33:11the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them who say: ‘Give thanks to Adonai-Tzva’ot, for Adonai is good, for His love endures forever!’ as they bring offerings of thanksgiving into the House of Adonai. For I will restore the land from the exile as it was at first,” declares Adonai.
- Lamentations 2:19Arise! Cry out in the night at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the life of your children who faint from hunger at the head of every street.
- Matthew 11:16“But to what shall I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call to one other, saying,
Commentaries on Zechariah 8:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls - The progeny shall be numerous, healthy, and happy. Their innocent gambols and useful exercises shall be a means of health, and a proof of happiness. To be healthy, children must have exercise. But they cannot take exercise, except in the way of play and diversion: ergo, such playfulness cannot be sinful. Let them be kept from evil words, lying, swearing, and scurrility; and all the rest may be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The images of elderly men and women walking, along with boys and girls playing in the streets, show that families are returning to the once devastated city of Jerusalem. God's presence returning to his rebuilt temple will bring peace and safety to the city's people (see Jeremiah 33:10–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. boys and girls playing--implying security and a numerous progeny, accounted a leading blessing among the Jews. Contrast Jr 6:11; 9:21.Read the comment
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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
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