Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Holman Bible
The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.”
International Standard Version
The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.'
A Conservative Version
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets of it.
American Standard Version
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Amplified
And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.’
Bible in Basic English
And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.
Darby Translation
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Julia Smith Translation
And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in her broad places.
King James 2000
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the public squares of the city will be filled [with] boys and girls playing in its public squares.'
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the streets of the city shall be filled with boys and wenches playing in the streets thereof.
NET Bible
And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing.
New Heart English Bible
The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."
The Emphasized Bible
And, the broadways of the city, shall be full of boys and girls, - playing in the broadways thereof.
Webster
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
World English Bible
The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."
Youngs Literal Translation
And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 8:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Promise To Jerusalem
4 So says Jehovah of Hosts: There shall yet be old men and old women living in the streets of Jerusalem, and each man with his staff in his hand because of their many days. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. 6 So says Jehovah of Hosts: If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be marvelous in My eyes, says Jehovah of Hosts?
Cross References
Jeremiah 30:19-20
And out of them shall come thanksgiving, and the voice of those who rejoice. And I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Psalm 128:3-4
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your sons shall be like olive plants around your table.
Psalm 144:12-15
so that our sons may be like plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters may be like corner-stones, polished like a palace building;
Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their affliction.
Jeremiah 31:27
Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of animal.
Jeremiah 33:11
the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who shall say, Praise Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah is good, for His mercy endures forever; and the voice of those who shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return, as at the first, says Jehovah.
Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.
Zechariah 2:4
And he said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited, as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in her midst.
Matthew 11:16-17
But to what shall I compare to this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets and calling to their playmates,