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Zechariah 7:3

NETBible	by asking both the priests of the temple¹ of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month,² fasting as we have done over the years?”
NIV © biblegateway Zec 7:3	by asking the priests of the house of the LORD Almighty and the prophets, "Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?"
NASB © biblegateway Zec 7:3	speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?"
NLT © biblegateway Zec 7:3	They were to ask this question of the prophets and of the priests at the Temple of the LORD Almighty: "Should we continue to mourn and fast each summer on the anniversary of the Temple’s destruction, as we have done for so many years?"
MSG © biblegateway Zec 7:3	and to confer with the priests of the Temple of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, and also with the prophets. They posed this question: "Should we plan for a day of mourning and abstinence next August, the seventieth anniversary of Jerusalem's fall, as we have been doing all these years?"
BBE © SABDAweb Zec 7:3	And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?
NRSV © bibleoremus Zec 7:3	and to ask the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts and the prophets, "Should I mourn and practice abstinence in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?"
NKJV © biblegateway Zec 7:3	and to ask the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month and fast as I have done for so many years?"
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KJV	[And] to speak <0559> (8800) unto the priests <03548> which [were] in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, and to the prophets <05030>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Should I weep <01058> (8799) in the fifth <02549> month <02320>_, separating <05144> (8736) myself, as I have done <06213> (8804) these so many years <08141>_?
NASB © biblegateway Zec 7:3	speaking <0559> to the priests <03548> who <0834> belong to the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> , and to the prophets <05030> , saying <0559> , "Shall I weep <01058> in the fifth <02549> month <02320> and abstain <05144> , as I have done <06213> these <02088> many <04100> years <08141> ?"
LXXM	legwn <3004> V-PAPNS prov <4314> PREP touv <3588> T-APM iereiv <2409> N-NPM touv <3588> T-APM en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM oikw <3624> N-DSM kuriou <2962> N-GSM pantokratorov <3841> N-GSM kai <2532> CONJ prov <4314> PREP touv <3588> T-APM profhtav <4396> N-APM legwn <3004> V-PAPNS eiselhluyen <1525> V-RAI-3S wde <3592> ADV en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM mhni <3303> N-DSM tw <3588> T-DSM pemptw <3991> A-DSM to <3588> T-NSN agiasma {N-NSN} kayoti <2530> ADV epoihsa <4160> V-AAI-1S hdh <2235> ADV ikana <2425> A-APN eth <2094> N-APN
NET [draft] ITL	by asking <0559> both the priests <03548> of the temple <01004> of the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> and the prophets <05030> , “Should we weep <01058> in the fifth <02549> month <02320> , fasting <05144> as <0834> we have done <06213> over the years <08141> ?”
HEBREW	P Myns <08141> hmk <04100> hz <02088> ytyve <06213> rsak <0834> rznh <05144> ysmxh <02549> sdxb <02320> hkbah <01058> rmal <0559> Myaybnh <05030> law <0413> twabu <06635> hwhy <03068> tybl <01004> rsa <0834> Mynhkh <03548> la <0413> rmal (7:3) <0559>

NETBible

by asking both the priests of the temple¹ of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month,² fasting as we have done over the years?”

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

²sn This lamentation marked the occasion of the destruction of Solomon’s temple on August 14, 586 b.c., almost exactly 70 years earlier (cf. 2 Kgs 25:8).