Verse Comparison: Zechariah 7:14
American Standard Version
but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Amplified® Bible
But I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they know not {and} who know not them. Thus the land was desolate after they had gone, so that no man passed through or returned, for they [the Jews by their sins] had [caused to be] laid waste {and} forsaken the pleasant land (the land of desire).
Contemporary English Version
That's why I came with a whirlwind and scattered them among foreign nations, leaving their lovely country empty of people and in ruins.
Darby English Version
and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not, and the land was desolate after them, so that no one passed through nor returned; and they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Good News Bible
Like a storm I swept them away to live in foreign countries. This good land was left a desolate place, with no one living in it."
King James Version
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
New American Standard Bible
"but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate."
New International Version
'I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land was left so desolate behind them that no one could come or go. This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.' "
New King James Version
“But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known Thus the land has become desolate behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate."
Revised Standard Version
"and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land
Young's Literal Translation
And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!
