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Zechariah 1:20

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the LORD shewed me four smiths.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And Jehovah showed me four smiths.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the LORD showed me four carpenters.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And Jehovah shewed me four craftsmen.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Then Yahweh shewed me Four Craftsmen.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Jehovah doth shew me four artisans.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the Lord shewed me four smiths.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the Lord shewed me foure carpenters.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the LORD shewed mee foure carpenters.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the LORD showed me four carpenters.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the Lord shewed me four artificers.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And Yahweh shewed me four carpenters.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
shewed 7200
{7200} Prime
רָאָה
ra'ah
{raw-aw'}
A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitively, intransitively and causatively).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
me four 702
{0702} Prime
אַרְבַּע
'arba`
{ar-bah'}
The second form is the masculine form; from H7251; four.
carpenters. 2796
{2796} Prime
חָרָשׁ
charash
{khaw-rawsh'}
From H2790; a fabricator of any material.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Zechariah 1:20

_ _ four carpenters — or “artificers.” The several instrumentalities employed, or to be employed, in crushing the “Gentile” powers which “scattered” Judah, are hereby referred to. For every one of the four horns there was a cleaving “artificer” to beat it down. For every enemy of God’s people, God has provided a counteracting power adequate to destroy it.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Zechariah 1:18-21.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Zechariah 1:20

And the LORD showed me four (s) craftsmen.

(s) These craftsmen or smiths are God's instruments, who with their mallets and hammers break these hard and strong horns which would overthrow the Church, and declare that no enemies' horn is so strong, but God has a hammer to break it in pieces.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
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Zechariah 9:12-16 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will render double unto thee; ... And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they [shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
Zechariah 10:3-5 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. ... And they shall be as mighty [men], which tread down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD [is] with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Zechariah 12:2-6 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem. ... In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, [even] in Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 33:25 Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].
Judges 11:16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
Judges 11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon [was] the border of Moab.
1 Samuel 12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest [them] from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Isaiah 54:15-17 Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. ... No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.
Obadiah 1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
Micah 5:5-6 And this [man] shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. ... And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Micah 5:8-9 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. ... Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 33:25. Jg 11:16, 18. 1S 12:11. Ne 9:27. Is 54:15. Ob 1:21. Mi 5:5, 8. Zc 9:12; 10:3; 12:2.

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