Zechariah 4:10 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 4:10

For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

BSB

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ASV

For who hath despised the day of small things? for these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

KJV

For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Who hath despised the day of small things? - The poverty, weakness, and unbefriended state of the Jews. It was said, “What do these feeble Jews?” “Will they build,” etc.? No. But God will build by them, and perfect his building too. And shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel - He is master builder under God, the grand architect.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

For who hath despised - In the work of God, the day of small things is not to be despised. God often chuses weak instruments, to bring about mighty things: and tho' the beginnings be small, he can make the latter end greatly to increase.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3489: “Encouragement for the Depressed” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1915)

ZECHARIAH was engaged in the building of the Temple. When its foundations were laid, it struck everybody as being a very small edifice compared with the former glorious structure of Solomon. The friends of the enterprise lamented that it should be so small—the foes of it rejoiced and uttered strong expressions of contempt! Both friends and foes doubted whether, even on that small scale, the structure would ever be completed.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
מִ֣י	mi	who?	H4310 →
בַז֮	vaz	has he despised	H936 →
לְי֣וֹם	le.Yom	<to> a day of	H3117 →
קְטַנּוֹת֒	ke.ta.nOt	small [things]	H6996 →
וְשָׂמְח֗וּ	ve.sa.me.Chu	and they will rejoice	H8055 →
וְרָא֞וּ	ve.ra.'U	and they will see	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאֶ֧בֶן	ha.'E.ven	the stone	H68 →
הַבְּדִ֛יל	ha.be.Dil	<the> tin	H913 →
בְּיַ֥ד	be.Yad	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל	ze.ru.ba.Vel	Zerubbabel	H2216 →
שִׁבְעָה־	shiv.'ah-	seven	H7651 →
אֵ֑לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
עֵינֵ֣י	'ei.Nei	[the] eyes of	H5869 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הֵ֥מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
מְשׁוֹטְטִ֖ים	me.sho.Tim	[are] roving about	H7751 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →

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Through
2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:12
  For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- Proverbs 15:3
  The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Jeremiah 16:17
  For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
- Proverbs 5:21
  For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
- Psalms 34:15
  The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Through
Job 8:7
Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
leads to
- Job 42:12–13
  So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
- Matthew 13:31–32
  He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
- Proverbs 19:20
  Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zechariah