Zechariah 10 · Verse 4

Zechariah 10:4

Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
Zechariah 10:4, King James Version

Zechariah 10:4 in other translations

BSBThe cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.
WEBFrom him will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
ASVFrom him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
YLTFrom him is a corner-stone, From him a nail, from him a battle-bow, From him goeth forth every exactor together.
DARBYFrom him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every exactor together.
BBEFrom him will come the keystone, from him the nail, from him the bow of war, from him will come every ruler;
WebsterOut of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppressor together.

What does Zechariah 10:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Out of him--Judah is to be no more subject to foreigners, but from itself shall come its rulers. the corner--stone, Messiah (Is 28:16). "Corners" simply express governors (1Sa 14:38, Margin; Is 19:13, Margin). The Maccabees, Judah's governors and deliverers from Antiochus the oppressor, are primarily meant; but Messiah is the Antitype. Messiah supports and binds together the Church, Jews and Gentiles. the nail--(Jud 4:21; Is 22:23). The large peg inside an Oriental tent, on which is hung most of its valuable furniture. On Messiah hang all the glory and hope of His people. bow--(Zec 9:13). Judah shall not need foreign soldiery. Messiah shall be her battle-bow (Psa 45:4, 5; Re 6:2). every oppressor--rather, in a good sense, ruler, as the kindred Ethiopic term means. So "exactor," in Is 60:17, namely, one who exacts the tribute from the nations made tributary to Judah [Ludovicus De Dieu].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Out of him came forth the corner - This is spoken of the tribe of Judah: all strength, counsel, and excellence came from that tribe. The corner stone, the ornament and completion of the building; the nail, by which the tents were fastened, and on which they hung their clothes, armor, etc., the battlebow, the choicest archers. Every oppressor together - Those heroes and generals, by whom, under God, their foes should be totally routed. Newcome translates, "Every ruler together." Perhaps all this is spoken of the Messiah.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 10:1-5

Spiritual blessings had been promised under figurative allusions to earthly plenty. Seasonable rain is a great mercy, which we may ask of God when there is most need of it, and we may look for it to come. We must in our prayers ask for mercies in their proper time. The Lord would make bright clouds, and give showers of rain. This may be an exhortation to seek the influences of the Holy Spirit, in faith and by…

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Zechariah 10:4 in the original Hebrew

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מִמֶּ֤נּוּmi.Me.nufrom itH4480
פִנָּה֙fi.Naha cornerH6438
מִמֶּ֣נּוּmi.Me.nufrom itH4480
יָתֵ֔דya.Teda pegH3489
מִמֶּ֖נּוּmi.Me.nufrom itH4480
קֶ֣שֶׁתKe.sheta bow ofH7198
מִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahwarH4421
מִמֶּ֛נּוּmi.Me.nufrom itH4480
יֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'he will come forthH3318
כָל\־khol-everyH3605
נוֹגֵ֖שׂno.GesrulerH5065
יַחְדָּֽו\׃yach.DavtogetherH3162

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zechariah 10:4

  • Zechariah 9:10

    And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

  • Revelation 19:13-15

    And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

  • Numbers 24:17

    I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

  • Zechariah 9:8

    And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

  • Ezra 9:8

    And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

  • Zechariah 9:13-16

    When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. And the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

  • Jeremiah 1:18

    For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

  • Zechariah 12:6-8

    In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

  • Micah 5:5-8

    And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

  • Isaiah 49:2

    And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

  • Ephesians 4:8-11

    Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

  • Isaiah 22:23-25

    And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house. And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
of him came forth.
1:20,21; 9:13-16; 12:6-8; Nu 24:17; Isa 41:14-16; 49:2; 54:16
Jer 1:18; Mic 5:5-8; Mt 9:38; 2Co 10:4,5; Eph 4:8-11; 6:10-17
2Ti 2:4; Re 17:14; 19:13-15
the corner.
1Sa 14:38; Isa 19:13
the nail.
Ezr 9:8; Isa 22:23-25
the battle.
9:8,10; Ge 49:24

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Context

  • Zechariah 10:3

    Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

  • Zechariah 10:4

    Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

  • Zechariah 10:5

    And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

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Zechariah 10:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De él saldrá el ángulo, de él la clavija, de él el arco de la guerra, de él también todo apremiador.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		De lui est la pierre angulaire, de lui le clou, de lui l’arc de guerre, de lui sortent tous les dominateurs ensemble.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Von ihm kommt der Eckstein, von ihm der Pflock, von ihm der Kriegsbogen, von ihm werden alle Bedränger hervorkommen insgesamt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ex ipso angulus, ex ipso paxillus, ex ipso arcus prælii, ex ipso egredietur omnis exactor simul.