Zechariah 8:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

For before these days there was no wage for man, nor any wage for beast; neither was there any peace for him who went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men, everyone against his neighbor.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For before those days, there was no wage for people or animals, and no one could go about safely because of the enemy, for I had turned everyone against their neighbor.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For before{H6440} those days{H3117} there was{H1961} no hire{H7939} for man,{H120} nor any hire{H7939} for beast;{H929} neither was there any peace{H7965} to him that went out{H3318} or came in,{H935} because of the adversary:{H6862} for I set{H7971} all men{H120} every one{H376} against his neighbor.{H7453}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For before{H6440} these days{H3117} there was{H1961}{(H8738)} no hire{H7939} for man{H120}, nor any hire{H7939} for beast{H929}; neither was there any peace{H7965} to him that went out{H3318}{(H8802)} or came in{H935}{(H8802)} because of the affliction{H6862}: for I set{H7971}{(H8762)} all men{H120} every one{H376} against his neighbour{H7453}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For why? before these dayes nether men ner catel coude wynne eny thinge, nether might eny man come in and out in rest, for trouble: but I let euery man go agaynst his neghboure.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For before these dayes there was no hire for man nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men, euery one against his neighbour.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For before these dayes neither men nor cattaile could winne any thing, neither might any man come in and out in reste for trouble: but I let euery man go against his neighbour.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there any] peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For before those days there was no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set all men everyone against his neighbor.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For, before those days there hath been no hiring of man, Yea, a hiring of beasts there is none; And to him who is going out, And to him who is coming in, There is no peace because of the adversary, And I send all men -- each against his neighbour.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because of the attacker: for I had every man turned against his neighbour.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For before those days there was no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set all men everyone against his neighbor.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Before that time there was no compensation for man or animal, nor was there any relief from adversity for those who came and went, because I had pitted everybody– each one– against everyone else.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 19:2 : 2 I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they shall fight every one against his brother and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be calamity in a city, and the LORD has not brought it?
  • Amos 9:4 : 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
  • Hag 2:16-18 : 16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me, says the LORD. 18 Consider now, from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.
  • Matt 10:34-36 : 34 Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth: I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a man's enemies will be those of his own household.
  • Hag 1:6-9 : 6 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes. 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. 8 Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD. 9 You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of My house that is in ruins, while each of you runs to his own house. 10 Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. 11 For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.
  • Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says the LORD, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
  • Judg 5:6-7 : 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and the travelers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
  • Judg 5:11 : 11 Those who are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of His villages in Israel; then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
  • 2 Chr 15:5-7 : 5 And in those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in, but great troubles were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city; for God troubled them with all adversity. 7 Be strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.

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