Zechariah 7:6

KJV

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

— Zechariah 7:6, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Zechariah Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. A delegation asks whether to continue the fasts commemorating Jerusalem's fall. God replies with a question: were those fasts really for him? He calls for genuine justice, kindness, and mercy — not oppressing widows, orphans, strangers, and the poor. The …

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Other Translations

ASV

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

YLT

When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh <FI>months<Fi> --even these seventy years--did ye keep the fast <FI>to<Fi> Me--Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?

BBE

And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?

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