Zechariah 14 · Verse 7

Zechariah 14:7

But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Zechariah 14:7, King James Version

Zechariah 14:7 in other translations

BSBIt will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
WEBIt will be a unique day which is known to the LORD—not day, and not night; but it will come to pass that at evening time there will be light.
ASVbut it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.
YLTAnd there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time--there is light.
DARBYAnd it shall be one day which is known to Jehovah, not day, and not night; and it shall come to pass, at eventide it shall be light.
BBEAnd it will be unbroken day, such as the Lord has knowledge of, without change of day and night, and even at nightfall it will be light.
WebsterBut it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening it shall be light.

What does Zechariah 14:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. one day--a day altogether unique, different from all others [Maurer]. Compare "one," that is, unique (So 6:9; Jr 30:7). Not as Henderson explains, "One continuous day, without night" (Re 22:5; 21:25); the millennial period (Re 20:3-7). known to ... Lord--This truth restrains man's curiosity and teaches us to wait the Lord's own time (Mt 24:36). not day, nor night--answering to "not ... clear nor ... dark" (Zec 14:6); not altogether daylight, yet not the darkness of night. at evening ... shall be light--Towards the close of this twilight-like time of calamity, "light" shall spring up (Psa 97:11; 112:4; Is 30:26; 60:19, 20).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 At evening time it shall be light - At the close of this awful visitation, there shall be light. The light of the glorious Gospel shall go forth from Jerusalem; and next, from the Roman empire to every part of the earth.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 14:1-7

The Lord Jesus often stood upon the Mount of Olives when on earth. He ascended from thence to heaven, and then desolations and distresses came upon the Jewish nation. Such is the view taken of this figuratively; but many consider it as a notice of events yet unfulfilled, and that it relates to troubles of which we cannot now form a full idea. Every believer, being related to God as his God, may triumph in the…

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Zechariah 14:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָ֣הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
יוֹם\־yom-a dayH3117
אֶחָ֗ד'e.ChadoneH259
ה֛וּאhu'itH1931
יִוָּדַ֥עyi.va.Da'it will be knownH3045
לַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
י֣וֹםYomdayH3117
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
לָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahnightH3915
וְהָיָ֥הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
לְעֵֽת\־le.'et-to [the] time ofH6256
עֶ֖רֶב'E.reveveningH6153
יִֽהְיֶה\־yih.yeh-it will beH1961
אֽוֹר\׃'orlightH216

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

Cross references for Zechariah 14:7

  • Revelation 22:5

    And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  • Revelation 21:23

    And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

  • Daniel 12:4

    But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

  • Isaiah 30:26

    Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • Mark 13:32

    But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

  • Psalms 37:18

    The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

  • Isaiah 60:19-20

    The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

  • Acts 15:18

    Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

  • Acts 1:7

    And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

  • Acts 17:31

    Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

  • Matthew 24:36

    But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
it shall be one day. or, the day shall be one.
Re 21:23; 22:5
which.
Ps 37:18; Mt 24:36; Mr 13:32; Ac 1:7; 15:18; 17:26,31; 1Th 5:2
at.
Isa 9:7; 11:9; 30:26; 60:19,20; Da 12:4; Ho 3:5; Re 11:15; 14:6
Re 20:2-4; 21:3

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Context

  • Zechariah 14:6

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

  • Zechariah 14:7

    But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

  • Zechariah 14:8

    And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

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Zechariah 14:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y será un día, el cual es conocido de Jehová, que ni será día ni noche; mas acontecerá que al tiempo de la tarde habrá luz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
mais ce sera un jour connu de l’ Éternel, – pas jour et pas nuit; et au temps du soir il y aura de la lumière.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es wird ein einziger Tag sein, nicht Tag und nicht Nacht; und es wird geschehen zur Zeit des Abends, da wird es Licht sein
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erit dies una quæ nota est Domino, non dies neque nox: et in tempore vesperi erit lux.