Zechariah 3:8-10

EasyEnglish Bible

⁸Listen, Joshua, most important priest of the Lord. Listen you priests that sit with Joshua. You are like a sign. People can look at you. And they can know that good things will happen in future years. See! I will bring to you my servant who is called The Branch.^[a] ⁹See the stone that I have put in front of Joshua! It is a stone with seven sides and I will cut words in the stone”, says the Lord Almighty. “I will remove the sin of this country's people in one day.” ¹⁰“On that day”, says the Lord Almighty, “each of you will ask your friends to come. You will ask them to come and to sit under your own vines and fig trees.” ’^[b]

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Footnotes

3:8 The Branch is another name for Jesus. See also Isaiah 11:1-2 and Jeremiah 23:5.
3:10 This means that they will have plenty of good things. They will ask their friends to enjoy those good things with them.

Zechariah 3:8-10

King James Version

⁸Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.

⁹For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

¹⁰In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.

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Zechariah 3:8-10

New King James Version

⁸‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest,
You and your companions who sit before you,
For they are ^(A)a^[a] wondrous sign;
For behold, I am bringing forth ^(B)My Servant the ^(C)BRANCH.
⁹For behold, the stone
That I have laid before Joshua:
^(D)Upon the stone are ^(E)seven eyes.
Behold, I will engrave its inscription,’
Says the Lord of hosts,
‘And ^(F)I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
¹⁰^(G)In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts,
‘Everyone will invite his neighbor
^(H)Under his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”

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Zechariah 3:8 Lit. men of a sign or wonder

Zechariah 3:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for ^(A)they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring ^(B)my servant ^(C)the Branch. ⁹For behold, on ^(D)the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with ^(E)seven eyes,^[a] I will ^(F)engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^(G)I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. ¹⁰In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come ^(H)under his vine and under his fig tree.”