King James Version

Zechariah 1:5

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

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אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖םavoteykhemfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.אַיֵּהayehwhereאַיֵּהparticle, interrogative — “where”H346where?where.הֵ֑םhemtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.וְהַ֨נְּבִאִ֔יםvehanviimand the prophetנָבִיאconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the prophet”, the ordinary formH5030a prophet or (generally) inspired manprophecy, that prophesy, prophet.הַלְעוֹלָ֖םhalolamthe to alwayעוֹלָםparticle, interrogative, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the to alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…יִֽחְיֽוּyichyvliveחָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “live”, an unfinished actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

Young’s Literal Translation

Your fathers — where [are] they? And the prophets — to the age do they live?

World English Bible

Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Darby Translation

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

Douay-Rheims

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, shall they live always?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ποῦ εἰσι καὶ οἱ προφῆται; μὴ τὸν αἰῶνα ζήσονται;

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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