Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech to make a request for grace from the Lord,
New American Standard Bible
Now the town of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and
King James Version
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
Holman Bible
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to plead for the Lord’s favor
International Standard Version
The people of Bethel were sending Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to pray in the LORD's presence
A Conservative Version
Now [those of] Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to entreat the favor of LORD,
American Standard Version
Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to entreat the favor of Jehovah,
Amplified
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to seek the favor of the Lord,
Darby Translation
when Bethel had sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to supplicate Jehovah,
Julia Smith Translation
And he will send to the house of God, the chief of the treasure, and the friend of the king, and his men to beseech the face of Jehovah.
King James 2000
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [the people of] Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, and their men, to entreat {the favor} of Yahweh,
Modern King James verseion
And Sherezer and Regem-melech and his men had been sent to the house of God, to seek the favor of Jehovah,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What time as Sharezer and Regemmelech and the men that were with them, sent unto Bethel for to pray before the LORD:
NET Bible
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech and their companions to seek the Lord's favor
New Heart English Bible
The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat the LORD's favor,
The Emphasized Bible
yea when Bethel sent Sherezer and Regemmelech, and his men, - to pacify the face of Yahweh:
Webster
When they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
World English Bible
The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat Yahweh's favor,
Youngs Literal Translation
And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,
Themes
Regem-melech » A captive » Messenger
Sharezer » Rv a delegate to priests and prophets to consult as to a day of humiliation
Sherezer » A delegate » To priests
Temple » Solomon's » Uses of the temple » For prayer and worship
Topics
Interlinear
Shalach
Bayith
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 7:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Disobedience And Fasting
1 And it came about in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month Chislev. 2 Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech to make a request for grace from the Lord, 3 And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?
Cross References
Zechariah 8:21
And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.
Jeremiah 26:19
Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to death? did he not in the fear of the Lord make prayer for the grace of the Lord, and the Lord let himself be turned from the decision he had made against them for evil? By this act we might do great evil against ourselves.
1 Samuel 13:12
I said, Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal, and I have made no prayer for help to the Lord: and so, forcing myself to do it, I made a burned offering.
1 Kings 13:6
Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.
Exodus 32:11
But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?
Ezra 6:10
So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.
Ezra 7:15-23
And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,
Ezra 8:28-30
And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.
Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar will come together to you, the sheep of Nebaioth will be ready for your need; they will be pleasing offerings on my altar, and my house of prayer will be beautiful.
Zechariah 6:10
Take the offerings of those who went away as prisoners, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, and from the family of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah, who have come from Babylon;