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Zechariah 7:6

And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

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ASV

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

KJV

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְכִ֥יve.Khiand ifH3588 →
תֹאכְל֖וּto.khe.Luyou eatH398 →
וְכִ֣יve.Khiand ifH3588 →
תִשְׁתּ֑וּtish.Tuyou drinkH8354 →
הֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
אַתֶּם֙'a.Tem[are] youH859 →
הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔יםha.'O.khe.Limthe [ones who] eatH398 →
וְאַתֶּ֖םve.'a.Temand [are] you?H859 →
הַשֹּׁתִֽים׃ha.sho.Timthe [ones who] drinkH8354 →

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1 Corinthians 11:20–21Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.1 Corinthians 11:26–29For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.Zechariah 14:21Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.Zechariah 7:5“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”1 Chronicles 29:22That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.Deuteronomy 12:7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.Jeremiah 17:9–10The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?Hosea 9:4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.Deuteronomy 14:26Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.Luke 5:33Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”1 Samuel 20:24So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.

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Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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