“And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen [that are] at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
- King James Version
"But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.
- Basic English Bible
and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.
- Darby Bible
And I am very greatly displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
- Webster's Bible
I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity."
- World English Bible
And [with] great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted -- for evil.
- Youngs Literal Bible
and I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped for evil.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Zechariah 1:15
1:15 A little displeased - With mine own people, that is, in comparison of the anger I bear against the Heathen. Helped forward - Attempted to destroy whom I would but correct.