Zechariah 13:8
World English Bible (WEB)
It shall happen that in all the land,” says the LORD, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
In context
6 One will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’
7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says the LORD of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 It shall happen that in all the land,” says the LORD, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”
Zechariah 13:8 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- It shall happen that in all the land,” says the LORD, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
- KJV King James Version
- And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And it hath come to pass, In all the land, an affirmation of Jehovah, Two parts in it are cut off — they expire, And the third is left in it.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.