Zechariah 8 · Verse 21

Zechariah 8:21

And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.
Zechariah 8:21, King James Version

Zechariah 8:21 in other translations

BSBand the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’
WEBThe inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, ‘Let’s go speedily to entreat the favor of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of Armies. I will go also.’
ASVand the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.
YLTYea, gone have inhabitants of one To another, saying: We go diligently, To appease the face of Jehovah, To seek Jehovah of Hosts--I go, even I.
DARBYand the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to supplicate Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.
BBEAnd the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.
WebsterAnd the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.

What does Zechariah 8:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. Let us ... I--manifesting zeal and love: converted themselves, they seek the conversion of others (So 1:4). To exhortation in general ("Let us go"), they add individual example ("I will go"). Or, the change from plural to singular implies that the general consent in religious earnestness leads each individual to decide for God. go speedily--literally, "go, going"; implying intense earnestness. pray--Hebrew, "entreat the face" (Zec 7:2); entreat His favor and grace.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 I will go also - This is the answer of the person invited. It is a good work. We must have God for our friend. We cannot expect this unless we seek him: and as we know not what an hour may bring forth, let us go speedily.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 8:18-23

When God comes towards us in ways of mercy, we must meet him with joy and thankfulness. Therefore be faithful and honest in all your dealings; and let it be a pleasure to you to be so, though thereby you come short of the gains others get dishonestly; and, as much as in you lies, live peaceably with all men. Let the truths of God rule in your heads, and let the peace of God rule in your hearts. Thus the ancient…

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Zechariah 8:21 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.

וְֽהָלְכ֡וּve.ha.le.Khuand they will goH1980
יֹשְׁבֵי֩yo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
אַחַ֨ת'a.Chatone [city]H259
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אַחַ֜ת'a.Chatone [city]H259
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
נֵלְכָ֤הne.le.Khahlet us goH1980
הָלוֹךְ֙ha.loKhsteadfastly <to go>H1980
לְחַלּוֹת֙le.cha.lOtto entreatH2470
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁu.le.va.Keshand to seekH1245
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
אֵלְכָ֖ה'e.le.KhahI will goH1980
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אָֽנִי\׃'A.niIH589

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

Cross references for Zechariah 8:21

  • Zechariah 7:2

    When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem–melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord,

  • Psalms 146:1-2

    Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

  • Hosea 6:3

    Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

  • Psalms 122:1-9

    A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. …

  • Psalms 103:22

    Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let.
Ps 122:1-9
speedily. or, continually. Heb. going.
Ho 6:3
pray before the Lord. Heb. intreat the face of the Lord.
7:2
I will.
Ps 103:22; 146:1,2

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Context

  • Zechariah 8:20

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

  • Zechariah 8:21

    And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.

  • Zechariah 8:22

    Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.

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Zechariah 8:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vendrán los moradores de la una á la otra, y dirán: Vamos á implorar el favor de Jehová, y á buscar á Jehová de los ejércitos. Yo también iré.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et les habitants de l’une iront à l’autre, disant: Allons, allons implorer l’ Éternel, et rechercher l’ Éternel des armées! Moi aussi, j’irai.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Bewohner der einen werden zur anderen gehen und sagen: "Laßt uns doch hingehen, um Jehova anzuflehen und Jehova der Heerscharen zu suchen!" "Auch ich will gehen!"
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et vadant habitatores, unus ad alterum, dicentes: Eamus, et deprecemur faciem Domini, et quæramus Dominum exercituum: vadam etiam ego.