7 It will be a unique day-a day known only to the Lord-with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.

Other Translations of Zechariah 14:7

King James Version

7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

English Standard Version

7 And there shall be a uniqueHebrew one day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.

The Message

7 The Day is coming - the timing is God's - when it will be continuous day. Every evening will be a fresh morning.

New King James Version

7 It shall be one day Which is known to the Lord-- Neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light.

New Living Translation

7 yet there will be continuous day! Only the Lord knows how this could happen. There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be light.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Zechariah 14:7

Commentary on Zechariah 14:1-7

(Read Zechariah 14:1-7)

The Lord Jesus often stood upon the Mount of Olives when on earth. He ascended from thence to heaven, and then desolations and distresses came upon the Jewish nation. Such is the view taken of this figuratively; but many consider it as a notice of events yet unfulfilled, and that it relates to troubles of which we cannot now form a full idea. Every believer, being related to God as his God, may triumph in the expectation of Christ's coming in power, and speak of it with pleasure. During a long season, the state of the church would be deformed by sin; there would be a mixture of truth and error, of happiness and misery. Such is the experience of God's people, a mingled state of grace and corruption. But, when the season is at the worst, and most unpromising, the Lord will turn darkness into light; deliverance comes when God's people have done looking for it.