Zechariah 4:7

⁵ “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.

⁶ So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

⁸ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

⁹ “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
KJV: Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
WEB: Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”
ASV: Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of Grace, grace, unto it.
DARBY: Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou dost become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it!
BLB: Who [are] you, great mountain? Before the face of Zerubbabel as a plain; and he will bring forth the stone [at] the head [with] shouts: ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

ÅB: Hvem er du, du store fjell som reiser deg foran Serubabel? Bli til en slette! Han skal føre toppsteinen[^1] fram under høye rop: Nåde, nåde være med den!
OTB: ‘Hva er du, mektige fjell? Foran Serubabel skal du bli til jevnt land. Han skal bringe fram sluttsteinen med rop av “Nåde, nåde til den!”’»
B1930: Hvem er du, du store fjell som reiser dig foran Serubabel? Bli til en slette! Han skal føre toppstenen frem under høie rop: Nåde, nåde være med den! / < den øverste sten.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 51:25
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
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Zechariah 4:9
“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.
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Micah 4:1
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
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Psalms 118:22
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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1 Peter 2:7
To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
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Psalms 114:4
the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
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Haggai 2:21–23
“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
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Isaiah 41:15
Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
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