Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? and, the prophets, to times age-abiding, do they live?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:1And Samuel died, and all Israel were gathered together, and made lamentation for him, and buried him within his own house, in Ramah,—and David arose and went down into the wilderness of Maon.
2 Kings 13:20And Elisha died, and they buried him,—now, troops of Moabites, used to enter the land, at the coming in of the year;
Psalms 90:10The days of our years, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away.
Ecclesiastes 9:1For, unto all this, I applied my heart, and, my heart, considered all this, that, the righteous and the wise and their servants, were in the hand of God,—neither love nor hatred, could any man know, every one, was before Him.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And the dust return to the earth, as it was,—and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.
Acts 13:36For, David, indeed, unto his own generation having done service, by the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was added unto fathers, and saw corruption;
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 1:2-7
Zechariah This prophet was colleague with the prophet Haggai, and a worker together with him in forwarding the building of the second temple ( Ezra v. 1 ); for two are better than one. Christ sent forth his disciples two and two. Zechariah began to prophesy some time after Haggai. But he continued longer, soared higher in visions and revelations, wrote more, and prophesied more particularly concerning Christ, than Haggai had done; so the last shall be first: the last in time sometimes proves first in dignity. He… Read the whole commentary →