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Zechariah 7:6

Integrity

4 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,

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BSB
And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
KJV
And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
WEB
When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
ASV
And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
DARBY
And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?
BLB
For when you⁺ were eating and when you⁺ were drinking, [was it] not [for] yourselves [that] you were eating and [for] yourselves [that] you were drinking?
ÅB
Og når dere spiser og drikker, er det da ikke dere selv som spiser, og dere selv som drikker?
OTB
Og når dere spiser og drikker, er det ikke for dere selv dere spiser og drikker?
B1930
Og når I eter og drikker, er det da ikke I selv som eter, og I selv som drikker?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 11:20–21

    When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:26–29

    For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

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  • Hosea 8:13

    They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

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  • Colossians 3:17

    And what soever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

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  • 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.

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  • 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,

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:31

    Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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  • Hosea 9:4

    They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

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