{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/zechariah/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:11:17.649Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Zechariah","bookSlug":"zechariah","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":10},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And he sheweth me Joshua the high priest standing before the messenger of Jehovah, and the Adversary standing at his right hand, to be an adversary to him."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary: 'Jehovah doth push against thee, O Adversary, Yea, push against thee doth Jehovah, Who is fixing on Jerusalem, Is not this a brand delivered from fire?'"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and is standing before the messenger."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And he answereth and speaketh unto those standing before him, saying: 'Turn aside the filthy garments from off him.' And he saith unto him, 'See, I have caused thine iniquity to pass away from off thee, so as to clothe thee with costly apparel.'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He also said, 'Let them set a pure diadem on his head. And they set the pure diadem on his head, and clothe him with garments. And the messenger of Jehovah is standing,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and the messenger of Jehovah doth protest to Joshua, saying:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: If in My ways thou dost walk, And if My charge thou dost keep, Then also thou dost judge My house, And also thou dost keep My courts, And I have given to thee conductors among these standing by."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Hear, I pray thee, Joshua, the high priest, Thou and thy companions sitting before thee, (For men of type are they,) For lo, I am bringing in My servant — a Shoot."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For lo, the stone that I put before Joshua, On one stone are seven eyes, Lo, I am graving its graving, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have removed the iniquity of that land in one day."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In that day — an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Ye do call, each unto his neighbour, Unto the place of the vine, And unto the place of the fig-tree!'"}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 3 (YLT)","markdown":"[Zechariah 3](https://primebible.com/ylt/zechariah/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/zechariah/3 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}