Zechariah 8:17

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
• Prov 6:16-19 : 16 These six things the LORD hates: yes, seven are an abomination to him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.
• Zech 7:10 : 10 And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you plot evil against his brother in your heart.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
• Hab 1:13 : 13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil and cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a man more righteous than he?
• Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
• Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?
• Jer 44:4 : 4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.
• Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, against this family I devise an evil from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you go haughtily, for this time is evil.
• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
• Jer 4:2 : 2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
• Prov 6:14 : 14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
• Ps 5:5-6 : 5 The foolish shall not stand in your sight; you hate all workers of iniquity. 6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
• Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.
• Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on this side; and everyone who swears shall be cut off according to it on that side. 4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.
• Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Matt 12:35 : 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.