Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I am
King James Version
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Holman Bible
“The Lord of Hosts says this: I am extremely jealous
International Standard Version
"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "I'm greatly jealous about Zion, and that makes me furious about her.'
A Conservative Version
Thus says LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.
Amplified
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I am
Bible in Basic English
These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.
Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great fury.
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said Jehovah of armies: I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy and with great wrath was I jealous for her.
King James 2000
Thus says the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: '{I am exceedingly jealous for Zion}; I am jealous for it [with] great wrath.'
Modern King James verseion
So says Jehovah of Hosts: I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: I was in a great jealousy over Zion, yea I have been very jealous over her in great displeasure.
NET Bible
"The Lord who rules over all says, 'I am very much concerned for Zion; indeed, I am so concerned for her that my rage will fall on those who hurt her.'
New Heart English Bible
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath."
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I am jealous for Zion with a great jealousy, - Yea, with great wrath, am I jealous for her.
Webster
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath."
Youngs Literal Translation
'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, With great heat I have been zealous for her.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 8:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Promise To Jerusalem
1
Then the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying,
2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I am
Cross References
Psalm 78:58-59
And
Isaiah 42:13-14
He will arouse His
He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry.
He will
Isaiah 59:17
And a
And He put on
And wrapped Himself with
Isaiah 63:4-6
And My year of redemption has come.
Isaiah 63:15
Where are Your
The
Ezekiel 36:5-6
therefore thus says the Lord God, “Surely in the fire of My
Joel 2:18
And
Nahum 1:2
The Lord is
The Lord takes
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.
Nahum 1:6
Who can endure the
His
And the
Zechariah 1:14-16
So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “