Zechariah 2:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven," declares the LORD.

New Living Translation
The LORD says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.

English Standard Version
Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the LORD.

Berean Study Bible
“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
“You there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “because I have spread you out like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD.

NASB 1995
"Ho there! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD.

NASB 1977
“Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD.

Amplified Bible
“Hear this! Flee from [Babylon] the land of the north [which shall come under judgment],” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
“Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north” —this is the LORD’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the LORD’s declaration.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Get up! Leave the land of the north"--this is the LORD's declaration--"for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven"--this is the LORD's declaration. "

Contemporary English Version
The LORD says to his people, "Run! Escape from the land in the north, where I scattered you to the four winds.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Hurry, hurry! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. I've scattered you to the four winds of heaven.

International Standard Version
"'Come now! Come now! Flee from the land of the north,' declares the LORD, 'for I have dispersed you like the four winds of heaven,' declares the LORD.

NET Bible
"You there! Flee from the northland!" says the LORD, "for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you," says the LORD.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

New King James Version
“Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the LORD; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the LORD.

King James 2000 Bible
Come, come, and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of heaven, says the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
Come. Come. Flee from the land of the north,' says the LORD; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says the LORD.

World English Bible
Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,' says Yahweh; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says Yahweh.

American King James Version
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, said the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, said the LORD.

American Standard Version
Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.

A Faithful Version
"Ho! Ho! Flee then from the land of the north," says the LORD, "for I have scattered you as the four winds of the heavens," says the LORD.

Darby Bible Translation
Ho, ho! flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have scattered you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.

English Revised Version
Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Ho, ho, come forth, & flee from the land of the North, saith the Lord: for I haue scattered you into the foure winds of the heauen, saith ye Lord.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
O get you foorth, O flee from the land of the north, saith the Lorde: for I haue scattred you into the foure windes of the heauen, saith the Lorde.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
O get you forth, O fle from the londe of ye north (saieth the LORDE) ye, whom I haue scatred in to the foure wyndes vnder heaue, saieth the LORDE.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Behold, and flee from the land of the north, "" A declaration of YHWH, "" For as the four winds of the heavens, "" I have spread you abroad, "" A declaration of YHWH.

Young's Literal Translation
Ho, ho, and flee from the land of the north, An affirmation of Jehovah, For, as the four winds of the heavens, I have spread you abroad, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Smith's Literal Translation
Alas! alas! and flee ye from the land of the north, says Jehovah: for as the four winds of the heavens I spread you abroad, says Jehovah.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
O, O flee ye out of the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version
O, O flee from the land of the North, says the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Oh, Oh, flee from the land of the north, says LORD JEHOVAH, because to the four great winds of Heaven I have scattered you, says LORD JEHOVAH!

Lamsa Bible
Ah! Ah! Flee from the land of the north, says the LORD; for I have scattered you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, says the LORD.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Ho, ho, flee then from the land of the north, saith the LORD; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord,
















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