Zechariah 4:6

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Then he answered {H6030} and spake {H559} unto me, saying {H559}, This is the word {H1697} of the LORD {H3068} unto Zerubbabel {H2216}, saying {H559}, Not by might {H2428}, nor by power {H3581}, but by my spirit {H7307}, saith {H559} the LORD {H3068} of hosts {H6635}.

Then he answered me, "This is the word of ADONAI to Z'rubavel: 'Not by force, and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says ADONAI-Tzva'ot.

So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 32:7 (160 votes)

    Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for [there be] more with us than with him:

  • 2 Chronicles 32:8 (160 votes)

    With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:4 (145 votes)

    (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

  • 2 Corinthians 10:5 (145 votes)

    Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

  • 1 Corinthians 2:4 (129 votes)

    And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

  • 1 Corinthians 2:5 (129 votes)

    That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

  • Psalms 33:16 (110 votes)

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.