Zechariah 8:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.””
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“And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Zechariah 8:5 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- Jeremiah 30:19Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
- Jeremiah 31:13Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
- Jeremiah 31:27“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
- Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
- Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
- Zechariah 2:4and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
- Zechariah 2:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Matthew 11:16To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
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