Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Zechariah 10:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
This verse pictures Ephraim's joy reaching children and centered in the LORD.
Read It With
- Zechariah 10:6-12
Read Zechariah 10:7 with 10:6-12. This verse pictures Ephraim's joy reaching children and centered in the LORD. The complete unit establishes this movement: The LORD hears and regathers Judah and Joseph from far countries, gives families renewed life, and humbles imperial obstacles so the reunited people walk in his name; the geography expresses abundant restoration rather than a coercive modern migration plan.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit completes chapter 10 by replacing shepherdless dispersion with heard prayer, family continuity, return, and covenant strength. Within that movement, this verse pictures Ephraim's joy reaching children and centered in the LORD.
What Remains True
Restoration becomes intergenerational shared gladness rather than elite success.
How It Can Shape Life
- Include children's safety and voice in community recovery.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Zechariah 10:6-12 — Judah and Joseph Gathered and StrengthenedSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Zechariah 10:6-12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Zechariah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, speaker changes, repeated formulas, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Zech.xml, 10:6-12
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Zechariah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and canonical-reception notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Zechariah PDF, printed pp. 1796-1797, translation and notes on 10:6-12
Open source ↗modern critical commentary
Zechariah
Rex Mason
Oxford University Press, in The Oxford Bible Commentary, 2001
Supports: Whole-book movement, Persian and later horizons, literary boundaries, composition, and material alternatives.
Exact location: Mason, 'Zechariah,' Oxford Bible Commentary, printed pp. 614, discussion of 10:6-12
Open source ↗