Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Holman Bible
The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.”
International Standard Version
The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.'
A Conservative Version
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets of it.
American Standard Version
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Amplified
And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.’
Bible in Basic English
And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.
Darby Translation
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Julia Smith Translation
And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in her broad places.
King James 2000
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the public squares of the city will be filled [with] boys and girls playing in its public squares.'
Modern King James verseion
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the streets of the city shall be filled with boys and wenches playing in the streets thereof.
NET Bible
And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing.
New Heart English Bible
The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."
The Emphasized Bible
And, the broadways of the city, shall be full of boys and girls, - playing in the broadways thereof.
Webster
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
World English Bible
The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 8:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Promise To Jerusalem
4 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again dwell do old men and old women, In broad places of Jerusalem, And each his staff in his hand, Because of abundance of days. 5 And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places. 6 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Surely it is wonderful in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, Also in Mine eyes it is wonderful, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.
Cross References
Jeremiah 30:19-20
And gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small.
Psalm 128:3-4
Thy wife is as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.
Psalm 144:12-15
Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace,
Jeremiah 31:13
Then rejoice doth a virgin in a chorus, Both young men and old men -- together, And I have turned their mourning to joy, And have comforted them, And gladdened them above their sorrow,
Jeremiah 31:27
Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sown the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, With seed of man, and seed of beast.
Jeremiah 33:11
Is a voice of joy and a voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, The voice of those saying, Thank Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah is good, For His kindness is to the age, Who are bringing in thanksgiving to the house of Jehovah, For I turn back the captivity of the land, As at the first, said Jehovah.
Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the watches. Pour out as water thy heart, Over against the face of the Lord, Lift up unto Him thy hands, for the soul of thine infants, Who are feeble with hunger at the head of all out-places.
Zechariah 2:4
and he saith unto him, 'Run, speak unto this young man, saying: Unwalled villages inhabit doth Jerusalem, From the abundance of man and beast in her midst.
Matthew 11:16-17
'And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,