Zechariah 8:17
New International Version
do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this,” declares the LORD.

New Living Translation
Don’t scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. I hate all these things, says the LORD.”

English Standard Version
do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible
do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

King James Bible
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

New King James Version
Let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor; And do not love a false oath. For all these are things that I hate,’ Says the LORD.”

New American Standard Bible
Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these things are what I hate,’ declares the LORD.”

NASB 1995
‘Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,’ declares the LORD.”

NASB 1977
‘Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,’ declares the LORD.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love false oaths; for all these are what I hate,’ declares Yahweh.”

Amplified Bible
And let none of you devise or even imagine evil in your heart against another, and do not love lying or half-truths; for all these things I hate,’ declares the LORD.”

Christian Standard Bible
Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love perjury, for I hate all this”—this is the LORD’s declaration.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love perjury, for I hate all this"—this is the LORD’s declaration.

American Standard Version
and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you shall not intend evil in your heart, each man with his neighbor, and you shall not love a lying oath, because I have hated them all of these things, says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbour; and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, saith the Lord Almighty.

Contemporary English Version
Don't ever plan evil things against others or tell lies under oath. I, the LORD, hate such things.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his friend: and love not a false oath: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lord.

English Revised Version
and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Don't even think of doing evil to each other. Don't enjoy false testimony. I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

Good News Translation
Do not plan ways of harming one another. Do not give false testimony under oath. I hate lying, injustice, and violence."

International Standard Version
don't plot evil in your heart against a neighbor, and don't tolerate false testimonies, because I hate all these things,' declares the LORD."

JPS Tanakh 1917
and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.'

Literal Standard Version
And do not devise the evil of his neighbor in your heart, | And do not love a false oath, | For all these [are] things that I have hated, | A declaration of YHWH.”

Majority Standard Bible
do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

New American Bible
Let none of you plot evil against another in your heart, nor love a false oath. For all these things I hate—oracle of the LORD.

NET Bible
Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath--these are all things that I hate,' says the LORD."

New Revised Standard Version
do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

World English Bible
and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate,” says Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these are things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

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Context
The Restoration of Jerusalem
16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates, 17 do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD. 18Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,…

Cross References
Proverbs 3:29
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.

Proverbs 6:16
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Zechariah 5:4
I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones."

Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

Zechariah 8:18
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,


Treasury of Scripture

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, said the LORD.

let.

Zechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Proverbs 3:29
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

love.

Zechariah 5:3,4
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it…

Jeremiah 4:2
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

things.

Psalm 5:5,6
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity…

Psalm 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

Proverbs 6:16-19
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: …

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Zechariah 8
1. The restoration of Jerusalem.
9. They are encouraged to build the temple by God's favor to them.
16. Good works are required of them.
18. Joy and blessing are promised.














Verse 17. - Let none of you imagine (see note on Zechariah 7:10, where these words occur). Love no false oath. The prevalent sins at this time were not idolatry, but cheating and lying and injustice, vices learned in the land of exile, where they had turned their energies to traffic and commerce (see Zechariah 5:2-4, and note on ver. 3 there).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

plot
תַּחְשְׁבוּ֙ (taḥ·šə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2803: To think, account

evil
רָעַ֣ת (rā·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

in your hearts
בִּלְבַבְכֶ֔ם (bil·ḇaḇ·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

against your neighbor,
רֵעֵ֗הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

and do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

love
תֶּאֱהָ֑בוּ (te·’ĕ·hā·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 157: To have affection f

perjury,
וּשְׁבֻ֥עַת (ū·šə·ḇu·‘aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7621: Something sworn, an oath

for
כִּ֧י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I hate
שָׂנֵ֖אתִי (śā·nê·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

these things,”
אֵ֛לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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