Zechariah 8:15

King James Version

So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
"But now I have changed my mind. And in the same way I have decided to be good to Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. So don't be afraid!

New American Standard Bible
so I have again determined in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

New Century Version
"But now I will do something different. I am planning to do good to Jerusalem and Judah. So don't be afraid.

Update Bible Version
so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: don't be afraid.

Webster's Bible Translation
So again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

Amplified Bible
so I have again planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

English Standard Version
so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.

World English Bible
so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don't be afraid.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
seith the Lord, and Y hadde not merci, so Y conuertid thouyte in these daies for to do wel to the hous of Juda and Jerusalem; nyle ye drede.

English Revised Version
so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

Berean Standard Bible
"so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.

Contemporary English Version
Now you no longer need to be afraid. I have decided to treat Jerusalem and Judah with kindness.

American Standard Version
so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

Bible in Basic English
So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.

Complete Jewish Bible
so now, I resolve to do good to Yerushalayim and to the house of Y'hudah. Don't be afraid!

Darby Translation
so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
so again do I purpose in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear ye not.

King James Version (1611)
So againe haue I thought in these dayes to doe well vnto Ierusalem, and to the house of Iudah: feare ye not.

New Living Translation
But now I am determined to bless Jerusalem and the people of Judah. So don't be afraid.

New Life Bible
But now I want to do good to Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. Do not be afraid.

New Revised Standard
so again I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; do not be afraid.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So againe haue I determined in these daies to doe well vnto Ierusalem, and to the house of Iudah: feare ye not.

George Lamsa Translation
So again have I turned and thought in these days to do well to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, have I again planned, in these days, to do good unto Jerusalem, and unto the house of Judah, - Do not fear!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I had no mercy: so turning again I have thought in these days to do good to the house of Juda, and Jerusalem: fear not.

Revised Standard Version
so again have I purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen so am I determined now in these dayes for to do well vnto the house of Iuda & Hierusale: [therfore] feare ye not.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
so have I prepared and taken counsel in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Juda: be ye of good courage.

Good News Translation
But now I am planning to bless the people of Jerusalem and Judah. So don't be afraid.

Christian Standard Bible®
“so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.

Hebrew Names Version
so again have I thought in these days to do good to Yerushalayim and to the house of Yehudah. Don't be afraid.

Lexham English Bible
so again I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Do not be afraid!

Literal Translation
so again I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem, and the house of Judah. Do not fear.

Young's Literal Translation
So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, To do good with Jerusalem, And with the house of Judah -- fear not!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen so am I determed now in these dayes, for to do wel vnto the house of Iuda and Ierusalem, therfore feare ye not.

New English Translation
so, to the contrary, I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and Judah—do not fear!

New King James Version
So again in these days I am determined to do good To Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

Legacy Standard Bible
so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

Contextual Overview

⁹ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. ¹⁰ For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. ¹¹ But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the Lord of hosts. ¹² For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. ¹³ And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. ¹⁴ For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not: ¹⁵ So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. ¹⁶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: ¹⁷ And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

have: Jeremiah 29:11-14, Jeremiah 32:42, Micah 4:10-13, Micah 7:18-20

fear: Zechariah 8:13, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:2, Zephaniah 3:16, Zephaniah 3:17, Luke 12:32

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 23:20 - until Joel 2:21 - Fear Haggai 2:5 - fear

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So again,.... Or "so I am returned" n, as in Zechariah 8:3:

have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah; by bestowing the above mentioned blessings on them; and as Jehovah has thought, so it comes to pass, and as he has purposed, so it stands; whatever he determines shall be, as for evil, so for good, Isaiah 14:24:

fear ye not; as in Zechariah 8:13.

n כן שבתי "sic conversus sum", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin; "ita conversus", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "reversus sum", Burkius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So have I turned and purposed in these days to do well unto Jerusalem - Dionysius: “God, to be better understood, speaketh with the feelings and after the manner of men, although, in the passionless and unchangeable God, there is no provocation to anger, nor turning, implying change in Himself.” So He says by Jeremiah, “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil” Jeremiah 29:11. And, with the same contrast as here, “As I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to throw down, and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build and to plant, saith the Lord” Jeremiah 31:28. His having done what He purposed before was an earnest the more, that He would do what He purposed now. His chastisements were the earnests of His mercies; for they too were an austere form of His love. Osorius: “When the Lord stretches out His hand to strike those who are contumacious in guilt, none can hold His hand that He exact not the due punishment. Therefore He says, that He repented not; so, when He receives to grace those who repent of their sins, no one can any way delay the course of His benevolence. “For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance” Romans 11:29.

And to the house of Judah - Ribera: He speaks to the two tribes, not to, or of the ten, because Christ was to come to the two tribes, and Zechariah was prophesying to them, and they were to be admonished to prepare themselves in good works, lest the coming of Christ should not profit them, on account of their depraved ways. But the ten tribes were far off in the cities of the Medes, nor was Christ to come to them; but they were to hear the Gospel through the Apostles, and so he prophesies of the conversion of all to the glory of Christ, yet he could not admonish all, but those only to whom he was sent.