Zechariah 14:7

King James Version

But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord , not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible
For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at the time of evening there will be light.

New Century Version
There will be no other day like it, and the Lord knows when it will come. There will be no day or night; even at evening it will still be light.

Update Bible Version
but it shall be one day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

Webster's Bible Translation
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening it shall be light.

Amplified Bible
But it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD—not day and not night, but at evening time there will be light.

English Standard Version
And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the Lord , neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.

World English Bible
It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And `ther schal be o dai, which is knowun to the Lord, not day, nether niyt, and in tyme of euentid liyt schal be.

English Revised Version
but it shall be one day which is known unto the LORD; not day, and not night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

Berean Standard Bible
It will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.

Contemporary English Version
And the Lord has decided when it will happen—this time of unending day.

American Standard Version
but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

Bible in Basic English
And it will be unbroken day, such as the Lord has knowledge of, without change of day and night, and even at nightfall it will be light.

Complete Jewish Bible
and one day, known to Adonai , will be neither day nor night, although by evening there will be light.

Darby Translation
And it shall be one day which is known to Jehovah, not day, and not night; and it shall come to pass, at eventide it shall be light.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there shall be one day which shall be known as the LORD'S, not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

King James Version (1611)
But it shall be one day, which shalbe knowen to the Lord, not day nor night: but it shal come to passe that at euening time it shalbe light.

New Living Translation
yet there will be continuous day! Only the Lord knows how this could happen. There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be light.

New Life Bible
It will be a special day which is known to the Lord. It will not be day or night. For when evening comes, there will be light.

New Revised Standard
And there shall be continuous day (it is known to the Lord ), not day and not night, for at evening time there shall be light.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there shall bee a day (it is knowen to the Lorde) neither day nor night, but about the euening time it shall be light.

George Lamsa Translation
It shall be a day which is known to the LORD; it shall be neither night nor day; and it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it shall be a day by itself, The same, shall be known unto Yahweh - Not day, nor night, - But it shall come to pass, that, at evening time, there shall be light.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall be one day, which is known to the Lord, not day nor night: and in the time of the evening there shall be light:

Revised Standard Version
And there shall be continuous day (it is known to the LORD), not day and not night, for at evening time there shall be light.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
This shalbe that speciall day which is knowen vnto the Lorde, neither day nor night: but about the euening time it shalbe light.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and there shall be for one day cold and frost, and that day shall be known to the Lord, and it shall not be day nor night: but towards evening it shall be light.

Good News Translation
nor any darkness. There will always be daylight, even at nighttime. When this will happen is known only to the Lord .

Christian Standard Bible®
It will be a unique day known only to the Lord, without day or night, but there will be light at evening.

Hebrew Names Version
It will be a unique day which is known to the LORD; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.

Lexham English Bible
There shall be continuous day—it is known to Yahweh—not day and not night; and at evening time there will be light.

Literal Translation
And it will be one day which shall be known to Jehovah; not day and not night, but it will be, there will be light at evening time.

Young's Literal Translation
And there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time -- there is light.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This shalbe that specyall daye, which is knowne vnto the LORDE: nether daye ner night, but aboute the euenynge tyme it shalbe light.

New English Translation
It will happen in one day (a day known to the Lord ); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light.

New King James Version
It shall be one day Which is known to the LORD-- Neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.

Legacy Standard Bible
And it will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh, neither day nor night, but it will be that at evening time there will be light.

Contextual Overview

¹ Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. ² For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. ³ Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. ⁴ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. ⁵ And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. ⁶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: ⁷ But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord , not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

it shall be one day: or, the day shall be one, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 22:5

which: Psalms 37:18, Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32, Acts 1:7, Acts 15:18, Acts 17:26, Acts 17:31, 1 Thessalonians 5:2

at: Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:9, Isaiah 30:26, Isaiah 60:19, Isaiah 60:20, Daniel 12:4, Hosea 3:5, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 14:6, Revelation 20:2-4, Revelation 21:3

Reciprocal: Job 8:7 - thy latter Job 11:17 - age Proverbs 4:18 - General Zechariah 14:4 - his feet Matthew 13:32 - the least Luke 13:19 - and it Revelation 21:25 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 14:1
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

Genesis 14:8
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

Genesis 14:12
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Genesis 16:14
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Genesis 36:12
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.

Genesis 36:16
Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

Numbers 13:26
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord , therefore the Lord will not be with you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But it shall be one day,.... A very singular, remarkable, and uncommon one; and it will be but one day; things will not continue long in such a position:

which shall be known to the Lord; all times and seasons are known unto the Lord, but this will come under his special notice and observation, and be under the direction of his special providence; it will only be taken notice of by him, and not by others; scarce any will observe it, or know what God is doing in it, or about to do:

not day, nor night; not clear and full day, as at noon; nor yet quite night or dark, as at midnight; :-:

but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light; after this day is over, which is neither clear nor dark, there will be an evening time; things will be worse with us than they are; the sun will be set; Christ will be withdrawn in the ministry of the word; his witnesses will be slain and silenced; great coldness and lukewarmness will seize upon professors; great darkness of error will spread itself everywhere; great sleepiness and security will fall upon all the virgins, and there will be great distress of nations; and, when it will be feared and expected that greater darkness and distress still are coming on, "light" will break forth; deliverance and salvation from Popish darkness and tyranny will be wrought; the light of the Gospel will break forth, and spread itself everywhere; the light of joy and gladness will arise to all the saints, and it will be a time of great spiritual peace, prosperity, and happiness. Vitringa on Isaiah 60:20, interprets it there shall be no vicissitude, or succession of day and night, but all day; at evening it shall be light; no calamity nor sorrow; Christ the light, and sun of righteousness, will break out in a glorious and spiritual manner.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And it shall be one day: it shall be known unto the Lord: not day, and not night; and at the eventide it shall be light - “One” special “day; one,” unlike all beside; known unto God, and to Him alone. For God alone knows the day of the consummation of all things, as He saith, “Of that day and that hour knoweth no one, neither the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, (so as to reveal it) but the Father only” Mark 13:32. Neither wholly “day,” because overclouded with darkness; nor wholly “night,” for the streaks of light burst through the darkness chequered of both; but in “eventide,” when all seems ready to sink into the thickest night, “there shall be light.” Divine light always breaks in, when all seems darkness; but then the chequered condition of our mortality comes to an end, then comes the morning, which has no evening; the light which has no setting; “perpetual light, brightness infinite;” when “the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold” Isaiah 30:26; and “the glory of God doth lighten” Revelation 21:23 the eternal city, “and the Lamb is the light” thereof; and “in Thy light we shall see light” Psalms 36:9. “Christ shall be to us eternal light, a long perpetual day.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 14:7. At evening time it shall be light. — At the close of this awful visitation, there shall be light. The light of the glorious Gospel shall go forth from Jerusalem; and next, from the Roman empire to every part of the earth.