King James Version

Zechariah 14:3

Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

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וְיָצָ֣אveyatsaand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, a completed action in a sequenceH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…יְהוָ֔הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).וְנִלְחַ֖םvenilchamand devourלָחַםconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and devour”, a completed action in a sequenceH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).בַּגּוֹיִ֣םbagoyimin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.הָהֵ֑םhahemthe theyהֵםdefinite article, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “the 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.כְּי֥וֹםkeyomas as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…הִֽלָּחֲמ֖וhilachamvdevourלָחַםverb, niphal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “devour”, the to-form of the verbH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).בְּי֥וֹםbeyomin as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…קְרָֽבqeravbattleקְרָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “battle”, the ordinary formH7128hostile encounterbattle, war.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fighteth in the day of battle.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Young’s Literal Translation

And gone forth hath Jehovah, And He hath fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict.

World English Bible

Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah will go forth and fight with those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Douay-Rheims

Then the Lord shall go forth, and shall fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fighteth in the day of battle.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Lord shall go forth, and fight with those Gentiles as when he fought in the day of war.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐξελεύσεται Κύριος, καὶ παρατάξεται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐκείνοις, καθὼς ἡμέρα παρατάξεως αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου.