Zechariah 13:5
What does Zechariah 13:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Zechariah 13:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And <FI>one<Fi> hath said, `I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground <FI>is<Fi> my possession from my youth.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my example from my youth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me [as bondman] from my youth.
Context
v.4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive:
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v.6And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds between thine arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 19:17
And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
- Amos 7:14
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:
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