Zechariah 8:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִ֣ישׁ ׀ אֶת־רָעַ֣ת רֵעֵ֗הוּ אַֽל־תַּחְשְׁבוּ֙ בִּלְבַבְכֶ֔ם וּשְׁבֻ֥עַת שֶׁ֖קֶר אַֽל־תֶּאֱהָ֑בוּ כִּ֧י אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֛לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂנֵ֖אתִי נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

And-ʾîš rāʿat rēʿēhû not-taḥšəḇû in-ləḇaḇəḵem and-šəḇūʿat šeqer not-teʾĕhāḇû for all-these ʾăšer śānēʾtî nəʾum-YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun with waw conjunction - and man/each
• *rāʿat*: feminine singular construct with direct object marker - evil of
• *rēʿēhû*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his neighbor
• *taḥšəḇû*: qal imperfect, 2nd plural masculine with negative particle - do not devise
• *ləḇaḇəḵem*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix with preposition bet - in your hearts
• *šəḇūʿat*: feminine singular construct with waw conjunction - and oath of
• *šeqer*: masculine singular noun - falsehood
• *teʾĕhāḇû*: qal imperfect, 2nd plural masculine with negative particle - do not love
• *śānēʾtî*: qal perfect, 1st singular - I have hated
• *nəʾum*: masculine singular construct - declaration of
• *YHWH*: proper name - divine name

Word Meanings

• *rāʿat*: evil/injury/misfortune of
• *taḥšəḇû*: devise/plan/think/consider
• *šəḇūʿat šeqer*: false oath/perjury/lying oath
• *śānēʾtî*: I have hated/detested/rejected

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and let none{H376} of you devise{H2803} evil{H7451} in your hearts{H3824} against his neighbor;{H7453} and love{H157} no false{H8267} oath:{H7621} for all these are things that I hate,{H8130} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And let none{H376} of you imagine{H2803}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} in your hearts{H3824} against his neighbour{H7453}; and love{H157}{(H8799)} no false{H8267} oath{H7621}: for all these are things that I hate{H8130}{(H8804)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  none of you ymagyn euell in his hert agaynst his neghboure, and loue no false oothes: for all these are the thinges that I hate, sayeth the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false othe: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lorde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And let none of you imagine euil in his heart against his neighbour, and loue no false othes: for all these are ye thinges that I hate, saith the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these [are things] that I hate, saith the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 3:29 : 29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.
• Prov 6:16-19 : 16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and one who stirs up conflict among brothers.
• Zech 7:10 : 10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'
• Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
• Hab 1:13 : 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
• Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.
• Jer 4:14 : 14 Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
• Jer 44:4 : 4 I sent you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.'
• Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it. 2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance. 3 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am planning disaster against this family, from which you cannot free your necks, nor will you walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.'
• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech.
• Jer 4:2 : 2 Then you will swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; the nations will bless themselves in Him, and in Him they will glory.
• Prov 6:14 : 14 He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he constantly stirs up dissension.
• Ps 5:5-6 : 5 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with You. 6 The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.
• Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.
• Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, 'This is the curse that is going out over the whole land: for everyone who steals will be judged according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be judged according to what is written on the other side.' 4 'I will send it out,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain inside their house and consume it completely, including its timber and stones.'
• Matt 5:28 : 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Matt 12:35 : 35 The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure.