Zechariah 4:7

NETBible

“What are you, you great mountain? 1  Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple 2  capstone with shoutings of ‘Grace! Grace!’ 3  because of this.”

NIV ©

"What are you, O mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’"

NASB ©

‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"’"

NLT ©

Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel’s way; it will flatten out before him! Then Zerubbabel will set the final stone of the Temple in place, and the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!’"

MSG ©

'So, big mountain, who do you think you are? Next to Zerubbabel you're nothing but a molehill. He'll proceed to set the Cornerstone in place, accompanied by cheers: Yes! Yes! Do it!'"

BBE ©

Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.

NRSV ©

What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring out the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’"

NKJV ©

‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"’"

KJV
Who [art] thou, O great
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mountain
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before
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Zerubbabel
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[thou shalt become] a plain
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and he shall bring forth
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the headstone
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[thereof with] shoutings
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[crying], Grace
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grace
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unto it.
NASB ©
'What
<4310>
are you, O great
<1419>
mountain
<2022>
? Before
<6440>
Zerubbabel
<2216>

you will become
a plain
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; and he will bring
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forth
<3318>
the top
<7222>
stone
<68>
with shouts
<8663>
of "Grace
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, grace
<2580>
to it!"'"
LXXM
tiv
<5100> 
I-NSM
ei
<1510> 
V-PAI-2S
su
<4771> 
P-NS
to
<3588> 
T-NSN
orov
<3735> 
N-NSN
to
<3588> 
T-NSN
mega
<3173> 
A-NSN
pro
<4253> 
PREP
proswpou
<4383> 
N-GSN
zorobabel
<2216> 
N-PRI
tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
katorywsai {V-AAN} kai
<2532> 
CONJ
exoisw
<1627> 
V-FAI-1S
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
liyon
<3037> 
N-ASM
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
klhronomiav
<2817> 
N-GSF
isothta
<2471> 
N-ASF
caritov
<5485> 
N-GSF
carita
<5485> 
N-ASF
authv
<846> 
D-GSF
NET [draft] ITL
“What
<04310>
are you
<0859>
, you great
<01419>
mountain
<02022>
? Because
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of Zerubbabel
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you will become a level plain
<04334>
! And he will bring forth
<03318>
the temple capstone
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with shoutings
<08663>
of ‘Grace
<02580>
! Grace
<02580>
!’ because of this.”
HEBREW
P
hl
<0>
Nx
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Nx
<02580>
twast
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hsarh
<07222>
Nbah
<068>
ta
<0853>
ayuwhw
<03318>
rsyml
<04334>
lbbrz
<02216>
ynpl
<06440>
lwdgh
<01419>
rh
<02022>
hta
<0859>
ym (4:7)
<04310>
NETBible

“What are you, you great mountain? 1  Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple 2  capstone with shoutings of ‘Grace! Grace!’ 3  because of this.”

NET Notes

1 sn In context, the great mountain here must be viewed as a metaphor for the enormous task of rebuilding the temple and establishing the messianic kingdom (cf. TEV “Obstacles as great as mountains”).

2 tn The word “temple” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent (cf. NLT “final stone of the Temple”).

3 sn Grace is a fitting response to the idea that it was “not by strength and not by power” but by God’s gracious Spirit that the work could be done (cf. v. 6).