Zechariah 13:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.”
Zechariah 13:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Zechariah 13:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Zechariah 13:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’”
Zechariah 13:5 — World English Bible
Zechariah 13:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth. ”
Zechariah 13:5 — American Standard Version
Zechariah 13:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And <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.'”
Zechariah 13:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Zechariah 13:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me [as bondman] from my youth. ”
Zechariah 13:5 — Darby Translation
Zechariah 13:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But he shall say, I am no Prophet: I am an husbandman: for man taught me to be an heardman from my youth vp.”
Zechariah 13:5 — Geneva Bible
Zechariah 13:5 in Context — Zechariah 13
3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
What Does Zechariah 13:5 Mean?
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