Zechariah 7:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ And when you ate and drank, was that for me? No! It was for your own good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And when you ate and when you drank, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Common English Bible

⁶ When you ate and drank, weren’t you the ones eating and drinking?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink only for yourselves?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Zechariah 7:6 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 29:22

That day the people were very happy as they ate and drank there together with the Lord.

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought your sheep as sacrifices {\cf2\super [388]} to me. You have not honored me. You have not given sacrifices to me. I did not force you to give sacrifices to me. I did not force you to burn incense {\cf2\super [389]} until you became tired.

Isaiah 58:3

Now those people say, “We stop eating food to show honor to you. Why don’t you see us? We hurt our bodies to show honor to you. Why don’t you notice us?”

Hosea 8:13

The Israelites love sacrifices. {\cf2\super [82]} \par They offer the meat and eat it.\par The Lord does not accept their sacrifices.\par He remembers their sins.\par And he will punish them.\par They will be carried as prisoners to Egypt.\par

Hosea 9:4

The Israelites will not give offerings of wine to the Lord. They will not offer sacrifices to him. Their sacrifices will be like food eaten at a funeral {\cf2\super [87]} —whoever eats it will become unclean. Their bread will not go into the Lord’s temple—they will have to eat that bread by themselves.

Zechariah 7:5

“Tell the priests and the other people in this country these things: For seventy years you fasted and showed your sadness in the fifth month and in the seventh month. But was that fasting really for me? No!

Zechariah 7:7

God used the earlier prophets to say these same things long ago. He said these things while Jerusalem was still a prosperous city filled with people. God said these things while there were still people living in the towns around Jerusalem, and in the Negev, and in the western foothills.”

Deuteronomy 12:7

You and your families will eat together at that place, and the Lord your God will be there with you. At that place, you will enjoy sharing the things you worked for. You will remember that the Lord your God blessed you and gave you those good things.

Deuteronomy 14:26

Use the money to buy anything you want—cows, sheep, wine or beer or any other food. Then you and your family should eat and enjoy yourselves there in that place with the Lord your God.

Colossians 3:17

Everything you say and everything you do should all be done for Jesus your Lord (Master). And in all you do, give thanks to God the Father through Jesus.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Eliab is tall and handsome. But don’t think about things like that. God does not look at the things people see. People look only at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at his heart. Eliab is not the right man.”