Zechariah 10 · Verse 9

Zechariah 10:9

And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
Zechariah 10:9, King James Version

Zechariah 10:9 in other translations

BSBThough I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.
WEBI will sow them among the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return.
ASVAnd I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.
YLTAnd I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.
DARBYAnd I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and return.
BBEThough I had them planted among the peoples, they will keep me in mind in far countries: and they will take care of their children and will come back.
WebsterAnd I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in remote countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

What does Zechariah 10:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. sow them among ... people--Their dispersion was with a special design. Like seed sown far and wide, they shall, when quickened themselves, be the fittest instruments for quickening others (compare Mi 5:7). The slight hold they have on every soil where they now live, as also the commercial and therefore cosmopolitan character of their pursuits, making a change of residence easy to them, fit them peculiarly for missionary work [Moore]. The wide dispersion of the Jews just before Christ's coming prepared the way similarly for the apostles' preaching in the various Jewish synagogues throughout the world; everywhere some of the Old Testament seed previously sown was ready to germinate when the New Testament light and heat were brought to bear on it by Gospel preachers. Thus the way was opened for entrance among the Gentiles. "Will sow" is the Hebrew future, said of that which has been done, is being done, and may be done afterwards [Maurer], (compare Ho 2:23). shall remember me in far countries--(De 30:1; 2Ch 6:37). Implying the Jews' return to a right mind in "all the nations" where they are scattered simultaneously. Compare Lu 15:17, 18, with Psa 22:27, "All the ends of the world remembering and turning unto the Lord," preceded by the "seed of Jacob ... Israel ... fearing and glorifying Him"; also Psa 102:13-15. live--in political and spiritual life.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 I will sow them among the people - Wherever they have been dispersed, my voice in the preaching of the Gospel shall reach them. And they shall remember me, and they and their children shall turn again to the Lord, through Messiah their King.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 10:6-12

Here are precious promises to the people of God, which look to the state of the Jews, and even to the latter days of the church. Preaching the gospel is God's call for souls to come to Jesus Christ. Those whom Christ redeemed by his blood, God will gather by his grace. Difficulties shall be got over easily, and effectually, as those in the way of the deliverance out of Egypt. God himself will be their strength, and…

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Zechariah 10:9 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֶזְרָעֵם֙ve.'ez.ra.'Emand I will sow themH2232
בָּֽעַמִּ֔יםba.'a.Mimamong the peoplesH5971
וּבַמֶּרְחַקִּ֖יםu.vam.mer.cha.Kimand in the distant placesH4801
יִזְכְּר֑וּנִיyiz.ke.Ru.nithey will remember meH2142
וְחָי֥וּve.cha.Yuand they will liveH2421
אֶת\־'et-withH854
בְּנֵיהֶ֖םbe.nei.Hemchildren theirH1121
וָשָֽׁבוּ\׃va.Sha.vuand they will returnH7725

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Cross references for Zechariah 10:9

  • Ezekiel 6:9

    And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

  • Isaiah 65:23

    They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

  • Nehemiah 1:9

    But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

  • Micah 5:7

    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.

  • 1 Kings 8:47-48

    Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

  • Jeremiah 31:27

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

  • Hosea 2:23

    And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

  • Isaiah 65:9

    And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

  • Esther 8:17

    And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

  • Jeremiah 51:50

    Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

  • Daniel 3:1-6

    Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, …

  • Amos 9:9

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sow.
Es 8:17; Jer 31:27; Da 3:1-6:28; Ho 2:23; Am 9:9; Mic 5:7
Ac 8:1,4; 11:19-21; 13:1-38; 14:1-21:16; Ro 11:11-15
remember.
De 30:1-4; 1Ki 8:47,48; Ne 1:9; Jer 51:50; Eze 6:9
live.
Isa 65:9,23; Ac 2:38,39; 3:25,26; 13:32,33; Ro 11:16,17,24

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Context

  • Zechariah 10:8

    I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

  • Zechariah 10:9

    And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

  • Zechariah 10:10

    I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

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Zechariah 10:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Bien que los sembraré entre los pueblos, aun en lejanos países se acordarán de mí; y vivirán con sus hijos, y tornarán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je les sèmerai parmi les peuples, et ils se souviendront de moi dans les pays éloignés, et ils vivront avec leurs fils, et ils reviendront.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich will sie unter den Völkern säen und in den fernen Ländern werden sie meiner gedenken; und sie werden mit ihren Kindern leben und zurückkehren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et seminabo eos in populis, et de longe recordabuntur mei: et vivent cum filiis suis, et revertentur.