Zechariah 6:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then he cried to me and spoke to me, saying, Behold, those that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּזְעֵ֣ק אֹתִ֔י וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר רְאֵ֗ה הַיּֽוֹצְאִים֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן הֵנִ֥יחוּ אֶת־רוּחִ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ צָפֽוֹן׃ ס

Transliteration

And he yaz·ʿēq (called) to me, and yəḏabbēr (spoke) to me, lēmōr (saying): "rəʾēh (See), those hayyôṣəʾîm (going forth) to ʾereṣ ṣāp̱ôn (land of north) have hēnîḥû (caused to rest) my rûḥî (spirit) in ʾereṣ ṣāp̱ôn (land of north)."

Grammar Details

• *yaz·ʿēq*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - called/cried out
• *yəḏabbēr*: Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - spoke
• *lēmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - saying
• *rəʾēh*: Qal imperative masculine singular - see/look
• *hayyôṣəʾîm*: Qal participle masculine plural with definite article - the ones going forth
• *ʾereṣ*: feminine singular construct - land of
• *ṣāp̱ôn*: masculine singular noun - north
• *hēnîḥû*: Hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural - caused to rest/satisfied
• *rûḥî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my spirit

Word Meanings

• *yaz·ʿēq*: called/cried out/summoned
• *hayyôṣəʾîm*: those going forth/those going out/those who went
• *hēnîḥû*: caused to rest/satisfied/appeased/quieted
• *rûḥî*: my spirit/my anger/my breath/my wind

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then He called to me and said, 'Look, those going toward the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then cried he to me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then cried he vpon me, and spake vnto me, sayenge: Beholde, these that go towarde ye north, shal still my wrath in the north countre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then cryed hee vpon me, and spake vnto me, saying, Beholde, these that goe towarde the North countrey, haue pacified my spirit in the North countrey.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then cryed he vpon me, & spake vnto me, saying: Beholde, these that go toward the north, shal stil my wrath in the north countrey.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, "Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he calleth me, and speaketh unto me, saying, `See, those coming forth unto the land of the north have caused My Spirit to rest in the land of the north.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then cried he to me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then cried he to me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then crying out to me, he said, See, those who are going to the north country have given rest to the spirit of the Lord in the north country.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, "Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then he cried out to me,“Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me peace about the northland.”

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 5:13 : 13 Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal when I have accomplished my fury in them.
• Zech 1:15 : 15 And I am very displeased with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped forward the affliction.
• Rev 18:21-22 : 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the sound of harpists, and musicians, and flutists, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of any craft, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you;
• Ezek 16:42 : 42 So will I make my fury toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
• Ezek 16:63 : 63 That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 24:13 : 13 In your filthiness is depravity: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged of your filthiness anymore, until I have caused my fury to rest upon you.
• Judg 8:3 : 3 God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison to you? Then their anger was pacified toward him when he said that.
• Judg 15:7 : 7 Samson said to them, Though you have done this, yet I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
• Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for yielding pacifies great offenses.
• Isa 1:24 : 24 Therefore says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies:
• Isa 18:3-4 : 3 All you inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see when he lifts up an ensign on the mountains; and when he blows a trumpet, hear. 4 For so the LORD said to me, I will take my rest, and I will observe in my dwelling place like a clear heat on herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
• Isa 42:13-15 : 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up zeal like a man of war: he shall cry, yes, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have held my peace a long time; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry like a woman in labor; I will destroy and devour at once. 15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
• Isa 48:14 : 14 All of you, assemble yourselves and hear; who among them has declared these things? The LORD has loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
• Isa 51:22-23 : 22 Thus says your Lord, the LORD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, 'Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again: 23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you; who have said to your soul, 'Bow down, that we may go over:' and you have laid your body like the ground, and like the street, for those who went over.'
• Jer 51:48-49 : 48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for Babylon; for the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says the LORD. 49 As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.