Zechariah 8:23
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
In other translations
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
Hebrew words
כֹּהkohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068צְבָאוֹתtzeva'otof hostsH6635בַּיָּמִיםbaiyamimin the daysH3117הָהֵמָּהhahemah<the> thoseH1992אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834יַחֲזִיקוּyachazikuthey will take holdH2388עֲשָׂרָה'asarahtenH6235אֲנָשִׁים'anashimpeopleH582מִכֹּלmikolfrom allH3605לְשֹׁנוֹתleshonot[the] tongues ofH3956הַגּוֹיִםhagoyimthe nationsH1471וְהֶחֱזִיקוּvehechezikuand they will take holdH2388בִּכְנַףbikhnafon [the] skirt ofH3671אִישׁ'isha personH376יְהוּדִיyehudiJewishH3064לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559נֵלְכָהnelekhahwe want to goH1980עִמָּכֶם'imakhemwith youH5973כִּיkiforH3588שָׁמַעְנוּshama'nuwe have heardH8085אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430עִמָּכֶם׃ ס'imakhem[is] with youH5973
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
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- 1 Corinthians 14:25And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
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- Acts 19:12So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
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