Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
and also Hamath, [which] borders on it; Tyre and Sidon--yes, they are very wise!
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
Holman Bible
as well as Tyre
though they are very shrewd.
International Standard Version
Also Hamath, which borders on it along with Tyre and Sidon indeed they are very wise.
A Conservative Version
and also Hamath, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
American Standard Version
and Hamath, also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
Amplified
And Hamath also, which borders on it (Damascus),
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
Bible in Basic English
As well as Hamath, which is by its limit, and Tyre and Zidon, because they are very wise.
Darby Translation
and also on Hamath which bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.
Julia Smith Translation
And also Hamath shall be the bound in it; Tyre and Zidon, for it was wise exceedingly.
King James 2000
And Hamath also, which borders on it; and against Tyre, and Sidon, though they are very wise.
Modern King James verseion
and Hamath also borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though very wise.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The borders of Hamath shall be hard thereby, Tyre also and Sidon, for they are very wise.
NET Bible
as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise.
New Heart English Bible
and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
The Emphasized Bible
Moreover also, Hamath, adjoineth thereto, Tyre and Zidon, - because very wise;
Webster
And Hamath also shall border by it; Tyre and Zidon, though it be very wise.
World English Bible
and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
Youngs Literal Translation
And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for -- very wise!
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 9:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Zion's Enemies
1 An oracle. The word of Yahweh [is] against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus [is] its resting place. For to Yahweh belongs the eye of humankind, and all the tribes of Israel, 2 and also Hamath, [which] borders on it; Tyre and Sidon--yes, they are very wise! 3 Tyre has built a fortification for itself, and it heaped up silver like dust, and gold like [the] mud of [the] streets.
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:23
Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are ashamed, for they have heard bad news; they melt. [There is] concern in the sea. It is not able to keep quiet.
Ezekiel 28:12
"Son of man, raise a lament over the king of Tyre, and you must say to him, 'thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You were a perfect model of an example, full of wisdom and perfect of beauty.
Ezekiel 28:2-5
"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because your heart was haughty, and you said, 'I [am] a god; I sit [in the] seat of [the] gods, I sit in [the] heart of [the] seas!' But you are a human, not a god, and you gave your heart to be like [the] heart of a god.
Numbers 13:21
So they went up and explored the land from the desert of Zin until Rehob, at Lebo Hamath.
1 Kings 17:9
"Get up and go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman there, a widow, to sustain you."
2 Kings 23:33
Then Pharaoh Neco confined him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and imposed a levy on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
2 Kings 25:21
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath; thus Judah was removed from its land.
Isaiah 23:1-18
The oracle of Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for {the house is destroyed so that no one can enter}; it is announced to them from the land of Cyprus.
Ezekiel 26:1-21
And it was in the {eleventh} year, on the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},
Ezekiel 28:21-26
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it,
Joel 3:4-8
What [are] you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all of the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying to me what is deserved? If you [are] recompensing me, I will return swiftly [and] quickly what you deserve on your head!
Amos 1:9-10
Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Tyre and for four I will not revoke [the punishment], because they delivered up a whole community to Edom and they did not remember the covenant of brotherhood!
Amos 6:14
Indeed, I [am] going to raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, {declares} Yahweh, the God of hosts. And they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath up to the wadi of the Arabah.
Obadiah 1:20
And the exiles of this army of the people of Israel [will possess] Canaan up to Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who [are] in Sepharad will take possession of the cities of the Negev.