Zechariah 9:6
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
Zechariah 9:6 in other translations
| BSB | A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
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| WEB | Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
| ASV | And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
| YLT | And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines. |
| DARBY | And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines; |
| BBE | And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off. |
| Webster | And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
What does Zechariah 9:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 9:1-8
Here are judgements foretold on several nations. While the Macedonians and Alexander's successors were in warfare in these countries, the Lord promised to protect his people. God's house lies in the midst of an enemy's country; his church is as a lily among thorns. God's power and goodness are seen in her special preservation. The Lord encamps about his church, and while armies of proud opposers shall pass by and…
Zechariah 9:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Zechariah 9:6
- Amos 1:8
And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.
- 1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
- Zephaniah 2:10
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.
- Isaiah 23:9
The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
- Isaiah 2:12-17
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, …
- Isaiah 28:1
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
- Daniel 4:37
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18-21
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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1Pe 5:5
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Context
- Zechariah 9:5
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
- Zechariah 9:6
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- Zechariah 9:7
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
Zechariah 9:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y habitará en Asdod un extranjero, y yo talaré la soberbia de los Palestinos; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et un bâtard demeurera à Asdod; et je détruirai l’orgueil des Philistins; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ein Bastard wird in Asdod wohnen, und ich werde den Hochmut der Philister ausrotten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et sedebit separator in Azoto, et disperdam superbiam Philisthinorum. |