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Zechariah 8

Zech. 8:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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These are the things
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
that ye shall do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
; Speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
m ye every man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
the truth
'emeth (Hebrew #571)
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
KJV usage: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
Pronounce: eh'-meth
Origin: contracted from 539
to his neighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
; σexecute
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
the judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
of truth
'emeth (Hebrew #571)
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
KJV usage: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
Pronounce: eh'-meth
Origin: contracted from 539
and peace
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
in your gates
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
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Eph. 4:25• 25Wherefore having put off falsehood, speak truth each with his neighbour, for we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25)
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Judge truth, and the judgment of peace.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Deut. 10:12‑13• 12And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
 13to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day, for thy good? (Deut. 10:12‑13)
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Deut. 11:7‑8• 7For your eyes have seen all the great acts of Jehovah which he did.
 8Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land whither ye go to possess it; (Deut. 11:7‑8)
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Mic. 6:8• 8He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Mic. 6:8)
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Luke 3:8‑14• 8Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
 9And now also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
 10And the crowds asked him, saying, What should we do then?
 11He answering says to them, He that has two coats let him give to him that has none; and he that has food let him do likewise.
 12And tax-gatherers came also to be baptized, and they said to him, Master what should we do?
 13And he said to them, Take no more [money] than what is appointed to you.
 14And the soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely; and be content with your pay. (Luke 3:8‑14)
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Eph. 4:17• 17This then I say and testify in [the] Lord that ye should no longer walk even as also the rest of the nations walk in vanity of their mind, (Eph. 4:17)
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1 Peter 1:13‑16• 13Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly for the grace that is to be brought to you at Jesus Christ's revelation;
 14as children of obedience, not conformed to the former lusts in your ignorance,
 15but according to the Holy One that called you, be ye also holy in every [part of] conduct,
 16because it is written, Holy ye shall be, because I [am] holy. (1 Peter 1:13‑16)
Speak.
Zech. 8:19• 19Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace. (Zech. 8:19)
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Zech. 7:9• 9Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother, (Zech. 7:9)
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Lev. 19:11• 11Υe shall not steal, and ye shall not deal falsely, and ye shall not lie one to another. (Lev. 19:11)
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Psa. 15:2• 2He who walketh uprightly,{HR}And worketh righteousness{HR}And speaketh truth in his heart. (Psa. 15:2)
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Prov. 12:17,19• 17One uttering truth showeth forth righteousness,{HR}But a false witness deceit.
 19The lip of truth shall be established forever;{HR}But a lying tongue [is] but for a moment. (Prov. 12:17,19)
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Jer. 9:3‑5• 3And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
 4Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
 5And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing. (Jer. 9:3‑5)
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Hos. 4:1‑2• 1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
 2Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, burst out, and blood toucheth on blood (Hos. 4:1‑2)
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Mic. 6:12• 12For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. (Mic. 6:12)
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Eph. 4:25• 25Wherefore having put off falsehood, speak truth each with his neighbour, for we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25)
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1 Thess. 4:6• 6that he should not over-reach and wrong his brother in the matter; because the Lord is an avenger in respect of all these things, even as we told you before and fully testified. (1 Thess. 4:6)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)
execute the judgment of truth and peace.
Heb. judge truth andthe judgment of peace.
Zech. 7:9• 9Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother, (Zech. 7:9)
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Isa. 9:7• 7To the increase of the government and to peace [there shall be] no end upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The jealousy of Jehovah of hosts will perform this. (Isa. 9:7)
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Isa. 11:3‑9• 3and his delight will be in the fear of Jehovah: and he will not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
 4but with righteousness will he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he will smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips will he slay the wicked [one].
 5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
 6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.
 7And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
 8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth his hand to the viper's den.
 9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea. (Isa. 11:3‑9)
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Amos 5:15,24• 15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah the God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
 24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. (Amos 5:15,24)
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Matt. 5:9• 9Blessed the peace-makers; for they shall be called sons of God. (Matt. 5:9)
• God had announced His purpose, as we have seen, to bless both them and Jerusalem, and what He thus announced was altogether independent of the state and conduct of the remnant....But the remnant in the land are reminded that for their enjoyment of the promise given in verses 11-13, for their realization of the favor of God, connected with His change of attitude towards them, they were dependent on their walk; that, in other words, they would never themselves receive their promised blessings unless their walk were governed by the word of God. (“Zechariah 8” by E. Dennett)
• And remark how practical these injunctions are — all affecting their mutual relationships. They were to speak the truth one to another (compare Eph. 4:25); they were to “judge” the judgment of truth and peace in their gates; for the effect of righteous judgment is always peace (see Isa. 32:17). (“Zechariah 8” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; executec truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;

JND Translation Notes

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"Judge," as ch. 7.9.

W. Kelly Translation

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These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)