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Zechariah 4:7

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Oracle of Response

4:7“What are you, you great mountain?6 Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple7 capstone with shoutings of ‘Grace! Grace!’8 because of this.”

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Footnotes

  1. 6 In context, the great mountain here must be viewed as a metaphor for the enormous task of rebuilding the temple and establishing the messianic kingdom (cf. “Obstacles as great as mountains”).
  2. 7 The word “temple” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent (cf. “final stone of the Temple”).
  3. 8 Grace is a fitting response to the idea that it was “not by strength and not by power” but by God’s gracious Spirit that the work could be done (cf. v. 6).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel’s way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

‘Who are you O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amid the shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.