Zechariah 10:5 “They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mir…”

Zechariah 10:5

They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

World English Bible

They will be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle. They will fight, because the LORD is with them. The riders on horses will be confounded.

American Standard Version

And they shall be as mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they shalbe as the mightie men, which treade downe their enemies in the mire of the streetes in the battell, and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

Darby Translation

And they shall be as mighty men, treading down the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, for Jehovah is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.

Young's Literal Translation

And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah [is] with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.

Bible in Basic English

Together they will be like men of war, crushing down their haters into the earth of the streets in the fight; they will make war because the Lord is with them: and the horsemen will be shamed.

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Cross references

“as”

Zechariah 9:13 Zechariah 12:8 1 Samuel 16:18 2 Samuel 22:8 Psalm 45:3 Luke 24:19

Zechariah 9:13 · BSB

For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

Zechariah 12:8 · BSB

On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

1 Samuel 16:18 · BSB

One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

2 Samuel 22:8 · BSB

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Psalm 45:3 · BSB

Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

Luke 24:19 · BSB

“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

“tread”

Psalm 18:42 Isaiah 10:6 Isaiah 25:10 Micah 7:10 Matthew 4:3

Psalm 18:42 · BSB

I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

Isaiah 10:6 · BSB

I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

Isaiah 25:10 · BSB

For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

Micah 7:10 · BSB

Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame— she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.

Matthew 4:3 · BSB

The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

“because”

Romans 8:31–37 Zechariah 14:3 Zechariah 14:13 Deuteronomy 20:1 Joshua 10:14 Joshua 10:42

Romans 8:31–37 · BSB

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Zechariah 14:3 · BSB

Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

Zechariah 14:13 · BSB

On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.

Deuteronomy 20:1 · BSB

When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

Joshua 10:14 · BSB

There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.

Joshua 10:42 · BSB

And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

“and the riders on horses shall be confounded”

Haggai 2:22 Psalm 20:7 Zechariah 12:4 Psalm 33:16 Ezekiel 38:15 Revelation 19:17

Haggai 2:22 · BSB

I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.

Psalm 20:7 · BSB

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Zechariah 12:4 · BSB

On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.

Psalm 33:16 · BSB

No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Ezekiel 38:15 · BSB

And you will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding horses—a mighty horde, a huge army.

Revelation 19:17 · BSB

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

Also

2 Samuel 22:43 Amos 2:15

2 Samuel 22:43 · BSB

I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

Amos 2:15 · BSB

The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

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