⁷“Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my requirements, then you will judgeⁱ my house, and you will also guard my courtyards, and I will give to you passageways^j among these that are standing here. ⁸Listen, please, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companions^k that are sitting before^l you. For the men are a sign that,^m look, I am going to bring my servant the Branch.ⁿ ⁹For consider, the stone that I set before^o Joshua, on one stone are seven eyes.^p Look, I am going to engrave an inscription on it,’^q declares^r Yahweh of hosts, ‘and I will remove the guilt of that land in a single day.

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Zechariah 3:9: For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Footnotes

iOr “govern”
jOr “right of access”
kPossibly his fellow priests
lLiterally “to the face of”
mHebrew “for”
nHebrew “Sprout” or “Shoot” (“Branch” is a traditional rendering in English)
oLiterally “I gave to the face of, ”or “I gave in the presence of”
pOr “facets”
qLiterally “I am going to engrave its engraving”
rLiterally “declaration of”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here. Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch. For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.

“ ‘Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.

“Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring my servant, the Branch. Notice the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—“and I will take away the iniquity of this land in a single day.

NLTNew Living Translation

“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: If you follow my ways and carefully serve me, then you will be given authority over my Temple and its courtyards. I will let you walk among these others standing here.

“Listen to me, O Jeshua the high priest, and all you other priests. You are symbols of things to come. Soon I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. Now look at the jewel I have set before Jeshua, a single stone with seven facets. I will engrave an inscription on it, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, and I will remove the sins of this land in a single day.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge,

Then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts,

And I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.

Hear 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.

For 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.

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