Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves? New Living Translation And even now in your holy festivals, aren’t you eating and drinking just to please yourselves? English Standard Version And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? Berean Standard Bible And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves? King James Bible And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? New King James Version When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves? New American Standard Bible And when you eat and drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? NASB 1995 ‘When you eat and drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for yourselves? NASB 1977 ‘And when you eat and drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for yourselves? Legacy Standard Bible And when you eat and when you drink, are you not eating for yourselves and are you not drinking for yourselves? Amplified Bible When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for yourselves [to satisfy your own needs]? Christian Standard Bible When you eat and drink, don’t you eat and drink simply for yourselves? Holman Christian Standard Bible When you eat and drink, don’t you eat and drink simply for yourselves? American Standard Version And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Contemporary English Version And when you eat and drink, isn't it for your own enjoyment? English Revised Version And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? GOD'S WORD® Translation When you ate and drank, didn't you do it to benefit yourselves? Good News Translation And when they ate and drank, it was for their own satisfaction." International Standard Version And when you eat and drink, you're eating and drinking for your own benefit, aren't you? Majority Standard Bible And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves? NET Bible And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?'" New Heart English Bible When you eat, and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Webster's Bible Translation And when ye ate, and when ye drank, did ye not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? World English Bible When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWhen you fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh [months]—even these seventy years—did you keep the fast [to] Me? And when you eat, and when you drink, is it not you who are eating, and you who are drinking? Young's Literal Translation When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh months -- even these seventy years -- did ye keep the fast to Me -- Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking? Smith's Literal Translation And when ye shall eat, and when ye shall drink, are ye not eating, and are ye not drinking? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Catholic Public Domain Version And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink only for yourselves? New American Bible When you were eating and drinking, was it not for yourselves that you ate and for yourselves that you drank? New Revised Standard Version And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink only for yourselves? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd when you did eat and when you did drink, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if you eat and drink, is it not you eating and drinking?” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And when ye eat, and when ye did drink, are ye not they that eat, and they that drink? Brenton Septuagint Translation And if ye eat or drink, do ye not eat and drink for yourselves? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Call to Justice and Mercy…5“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted? 6And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves? 7Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’ ”… Cross References Isaiah 58:3-7 “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. / You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. / Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD? ... Amos 5:21-24 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ... Matthew 6:16-18 When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, / so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Isaiah 1:11-17 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... 1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God. Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Micah 6:6-8 With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. Mark 7:6-7 Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ Luke 18:9-14 To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: / “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. / The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ... Matthew 15:8-9 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’” Romans 14:6-8 He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. / For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone. / If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Isaiah 29:13 Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Treasury of Scripture And when you did eat, and when you did drink, did not you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? did not ye eat for. Deuteronomy 12:7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. Deuteronomy 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, 1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. Jump to Previous Ate Drank Drink Drinking Eat Eating Fast Fasted Feasting Fifth Months Mourning Seventh Seventy YourselvesJump to Next Ate Drank Drink Drinking Eat Eating Fast Fasted Feasting Fifth Months Mourning Seventh Seventy YourselvesZechariah 7 1. The captives enquire concerning the set fasts.4. Zechariah reproves the hypocrisy of their fasting. 8. Sin the cause of their captivity. And when you were eating and drinking This phrase begins with a reflection on the actions of the people, specifically their eating and drinking. In the Hebrew context, eating and drinking are often associated with celebration and sustenance. However, in this verse, these actions are not merely about physical nourishment but are indicative of the people's focus on self-indulgence rather than spiritual devotion. Historically, the Israelites had periods of fasting and feasting, both of which were meant to draw them closer to God. The emphasis here is on the fact that their eating and drinking were self-centered, lacking the spiritual significance that should accompany such acts. This serves as a reminder that even our daily routines should be done with a heart oriented towards God. were you not just feasting for yourselves? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And whenוְכִ֥י (wə·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you were eating תֹאכְל֖וּ (ṯō·ḵə·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 398: To eat and drinking, תִשְׁתּ֑וּ (ṯiš·tū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8354: To imbibe were you not הֲל֤וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no [doing so] אַתֶּם֙ (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you simply for yourselves? הַשֹּׁתִֽים׃ (haš·šō·ṯîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 8354: To imbibe Links Zechariah 7:6 NIVZechariah 7:6 NLT Zechariah 7:6 ESV Zechariah 7:6 NASB Zechariah 7:6 KJV Zechariah 7:6 BibleApps.com Zechariah 7:6 Biblia Paralela Zechariah 7:6 Chinese Bible Zechariah 7:6 French Bible Zechariah 7:6 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Zechariah 7:6 When you eat and when you drink (Zech. Zec Zc) |
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