Zechariah 13:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
In context
3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
4 And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
5 He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
6 If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest ?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
Zechariah 13:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
- KJV King James Version
- But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And [one] hath said, 'I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground [is] my possession from my youth.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me [as bondman] from my youth.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.