What Does Zechariah 10:12 Mean in the King James?
And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The LORD’s strength becomes a way of moving through his nature.
THE MEANING
You are strengthened in the LORD, and your steps unfold in his name, his nature. Strength and movement belong together: what holds you up also shapes how you move through life.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Strength is not something you must manufacture alone before you can move; this verse locates strength in the LORD and movement within his nature.
THE ROOT
וְגִבַּרְתִּים
ve-gibbartim
GROWS FROM
גבר
g-b-r
Be strong; prevail; prove mighty.
“strengthen” in this verse is ve-gibbartim. The form from גבר (g-b-r, be strong or prevail) makes the LORD the source of their strength: he causes them to be strong. Its branch גִּבּוֹר (gibbor, mighty one) shows strength as the capacity to stand and prevail, not merely physical force.
ALSO GROWS
gibbor: Mighty one; warrior.
גִּבּוֹר
This related word shows strength as power to stand or prevail, echoing what the LORD gives.
gever: Man; male person.
גֶּבֶר
This branch carries the same root of strength into the word for a person, linking human vigor with the strength named in the verse.
יִתְהַלָּכוּ
yithallakhu
GROWS FROM
הלך
h-l-k
Walk; go; move along.
“walk up and down” in this verse is yithallakhu. The KJV’s “up and down” can sound like aimless roaming, but יִתְהַלָּכוּ (yithallakhu, they walk about) comes from הָלַךְ (halakh, walk or go), the same root used for a person’s way of life. Paired with בִּשְׁמוֹ (b’shemo, in his name or nature), it pictures steps shaped from within the LORD’s nature.
ALSO GROWS
halakh: Walked; went.
הָלַךְ
This basic form shows that the verse’s movement belongs to a root used for walking and going.
holekh: Walking; one who walks or goes.
הוֹלֵךְ
This form makes the root’s ongoing movement visible, fitting the verse’s picture of a continued way of walking.
THE PATTERN
Strength anchored in the LORD becomes endurance and a way of walking.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.THE THREAD
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.The verb הָלַךְ (halakh, walk or go) in Psalm 1:1 shares its root with יִתְהַלָּכוּ (yithallakhu, they walk about) in Zechariah. Psalm 1 shows how counsel shapes a person’s walk; Zechariah locates that movement בִּשְׁמוֹ (b’shemo, in his name or nature), so the walk expresses the nature it is held in.
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