Zechariah 8:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:”
שָׁפַט
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
עָשָׂה
you will do
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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רֵעַ
neighbor/ his
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רֵעַ
Friend, companion, neighbour. Rea. A friend loves at all times. True friendship is not circumstantial. It remains constant through every season.
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שָׁלוֹם
peace
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שָׁלוֹם
Peace, wholeness. Shalom. Not just the absence of war but complete wellbeing in every area of life. Nothing missing and nothing broken.
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דָבַר
speak
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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