Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.
Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another,
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentZechariah — Contemporary of Haggai — but longer, stranger, and more explicitly Messianic. Eight night visions, a royal-priestly crown, Zion's king riding on a donkey, and the pierced one they shall look upon.
- Author
- Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo (1:1) — priest and prophet of the return
- Date
- Began 520 BC, contemporary with Haggai; later oracles (ch. 9–14) may date to the later 5th c. BC