The Doomed Flock
Zechariah 11:8
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
- KJV
- Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.lothed…: Heb. was straightened for them
- WEB
- I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
- ASV
- And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
- LSV
- And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul has abhorred me.
- YLT
- And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.
- DBY
- And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.
- DRC
- And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.
- GNV
- Three shepherdes also I cut off in one moneth, and my soule lothed them, and their soule abhorred me.
- JPS
- And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.'
- LXXE
- And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.Or, be sorely displeased with them. Gr. be weighed down upon them.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וָאַכְחִ֛ד אֶת־שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הָרֹעִ֖ים בְּיֶ֣רַח אֶחָ֑ד וַתִּקְצַ֤ר נַפְשִׁי֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְגַם־נַפְשָׁ֖ם בָּחֲלָ֥ה בִֽי׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐξαρῶ τοὺς τρεῖς ποιμένας ἐν μηνὶ ἑνὶ, καὶ βαρυνθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, καὶ γὰρ αἱ ψυχαὶ αὐτῶν ἐπωρύοντο ἐπʼ ἐμέ.
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◆ Prophecies of Zechariah
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who…
- Matthew 23:34–36Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town. And so upon you will come all…
- Hosea 5:7They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
- John 15:23–25Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. But this is to fulfill…
- Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
- Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- Psalms 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Jeremiah 12:8My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
- Matthew 24:50–51The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and…
- Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
- Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- Jeremiah 14:21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
- Leviticus 26:11And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
- Leviticus 26:44Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
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