Zechariah 1:5

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“Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?”

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“Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Your fathers--where <FI>are<Fi> they? And the prophets--to the age do they live?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zechariah 1:5 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 25:1When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
  2. 2 Kings 13:14When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
  3. 2 Kings 13:20And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.
  4. Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
  5. Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
  6. Ecclesiastes 1:4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
  7. Ecclesiastes 9:1So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
  8. Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
  9. Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  10. John 8:52“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
  11. Acts 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
  12. Hebrews 7:23Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.
  13. Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
  14. 2 Peter 3:2by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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