4Thus says Yahweh of Armies: |Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.


In Context

1 The word of Yahweh of Armies came to me.

2 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: |I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.|

3 Thus says Yahweh: |I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called 'The City of Truth;' and the mountain of Yahweh of Armies, 'The Holy Mountain.'|

4 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: |Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

5 The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.|

6 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: |If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?| says Yahweh of Armies.

Zechariah 8:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:4This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with cane in hand because of his age.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem: and every man with his staff in his hand through multitude of days.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Thus saith the LORD of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again dwell do old men and old women, In broad places of Jerusalem, And each his staff in his hand, Because of abundance of days.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4Thus said the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.