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Zechariah 1:20

NETBible	Next the Lord showed me four blacksmiths.¹
NIV © biblegateway Zec 1:20	Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
NASB © biblegateway Zec 1:20	Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
NLT © biblegateway Zec 1:20	Then the LORD showed me four blacksmiths.
MSG © biblegateway Zec 1:20	Then GOD expanded the vision to include four blacksmiths.
BBE © SABDAweb Zec 1:20	And the Lord gave me a vision of four metal-workers.
NRSV © bibleoremus Zec 1:20	Then the LORD showed me four blacksmiths.
NKJV © biblegateway Zec 1:20	Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
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KJV	And the LORD <03068> shewed <07200> (8686) me four <0702> carpenters <02796>_.
NASB © biblegateway Zec 1:20	Then the LORD <03068> showed <07200> me four <0702> craftsmen <02796> .
LXXM	(2:3) kai <2532> CONJ edeixen <1166> V-AAI-3S moi <1473> P-DS kuriov <2962> N-NSM tessarav <5064> A-APM tektonav <5045> N-APM
NET [draft] ITL	Next the Lord <03068> showed <07200> me four <0702> blacksmiths <02796> .
HEBREW	Mysrx <02796> hebra <0702> hwhy <03068> ynaryw <07200> (1:20) <2:3>

NETBible

Next the Lord showed me four blacksmiths.¹

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “craftsmen” (so NASB, NIV; KJV “carpenters”), a generic term which can mean “metalworker, smith, armorer” (HALOT 358 s.v. חָרָשׁ). “Blacksmiths” was chosen for the present translation because of its relative familiarity among contemporary English readers.

¹sn The horns are perhaps made of iron, the strongest of all metals known to the ancient Near Eastern world, since military activity is implied in the context. Only blacksmiths can cut the horns off. If the horns represent oppressive nations, the blacksmiths must represent deliverers whom the Lord raises up, kings like Cyrus of Persia (cf. Isa 54:16).