Zechariah 2:8
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2:8For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory9 he has sent me to the nations that plundered you—for anyone who touches you touches the pupil10 of his11 eye.
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- 9 Heb “After glory has he sent me” (similar , ). What is clearly in view is the role of Zechariah who, by faithful proclamation of the message, will glorify the Lord.
- 10 Heb “gate” (בָּבָה, bavah) of the eye, that is, pupil. The rendering of this term by as “apple” has created a well-known idiom in the English language, “the apple of his eye” (so , ). The pupil is one of the most vulnerable and valuable parts of the body, so for Judah to be considered the “pupil” of the Lord’s eye is to raise her value to an incalculable price (cf. “my most precious possession”).
- 11 A scribal emendation (tiqqun sopherim) has apparently altered an original “my eye” to “his eye” in order to allow the prophet to be the speaker throughout vv. 8–9. This alleviates the problem of the Lord saying, in effect, that he has sent himself on the mission to the nations.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
For the Lord of Armies says this: “In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.
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NLTNew Living Translation
After a period of glory, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me against the nations who plundered you. For he said, “Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you is touching the apple of his eye.
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KJV 1900King James Version
For thus saith the Lord of hosts;
After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you:
For he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
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