Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and also Hamath, [which] borders on it; Tyre and Sidon--yes, 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.
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
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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 the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus; for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward the LORD; 2 and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise. 3 Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:23
Of Damascus. "Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can't be quiet.
Ezekiel 28:12
"Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 28:2-5
"Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas'; yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God?
Numbers 13:21
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
1 Kings 17:9
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you."
2 Kings 23:33
Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
2 Kings 25:21
The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Isaiah 23:1-18
The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish. For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
Ezekiel 26:1-21
It happened in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 28:21-26
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
Joel 3:4-8
"Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
Amos 1:9-10
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and did not remember the brotherly covenant;
Amos 6:14
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel," says the LORD, the God of Hosts; "and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah."
Obadiah 1:20
The captives of this army of the children of Israel, who are among the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.