Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.
DBT
Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee.
ASV
Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.
WEB
Return to your stronghold,O prisoners of hope;even today I declarethat I will restore to you double.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentZechariah — Contemporary of Haggai — but longer, stranger, and more explicitly Messianic. Eight night visions, a royal-priestly crown, Zion's king riding on a donkey, and the pierced one they shall look upon.
- Author
- Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo (1:1) — priest and prophet of the return
- Date
- Began 520 BC, contemporary with Haggai; later oracles (ch. 9–14) may date to the later 5th c. BC