Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.'
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.”
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."
Youngs Literal Translation
And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 8:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Promise To Jerusalem
4 "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "There will yet be old men and old women sitting in the parks of Jerusalem, each one of them holding canes in their hands due to their old age! 5 The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.' 6 "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "It may seem impossible to the survivors of this people, but is it impossible for me?' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Cross References
Jeremiah 30:19-20
Thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter will come out of them. I'll cause them to increase in numbers and not decrease. I'll honor them and not make them insignificant.
Psalm 128:3-4
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children like olive shoots surrounding your table.
Psalm 144:12-15
May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.
Jeremiah 31:13
The virgins will rejoice with dancing, together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:27
"Look, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah using people and animals as seed.
Jeremiah 33:11
the sounds of rejoicing and gladness, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, and the sounds of those saying, "Give thanks to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, for the LORD is good, and his gracious love lasts forever," as they bring thanksgiving offerings to the LORD's Temple. For I'll restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,' declares the LORD.
Lamentations 2:19
Get up and cry aloud in the night, at the beginning of every hour. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord! Lift up your hands toward him for the lives of your children, who are fainting away at every street corner.
Zechariah 2:4
That other angel told him, "Run and tell that young man: "Jerusalem will be an inhabited city without walls due to the number of people and livestock within it.
Matthew 11:16-17
"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other,