Zechariah 11:10
What does Zechariah 11:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Zechariah 11:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I took my rod Beautiful, cutting it in two, so that the Lord's agreement, which he had made with all the peoples, might be broken.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I took my rod that was called Beauty, and I cut it asunder to make void my covenant, which I had made with all people.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
Context
v.9Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.
v.10This passage
v.11And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 89:39
Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
- Ezekiel 16:59
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also deal with thee as thou hast done, who hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
- Zechariah 11:7
So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
- Jeremiah 31:31
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
- Numbers 14:34
After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation.
- Daniel 9:26
And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
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