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Amplified
Then I eliminated the three [incompetent, unfit] shepherds [the civil rulers, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was impatient with them, and they also were tired of me and despised me.
New American Standard Bible
Then I annihilated the three shepherds in
King James Version
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Holman Bible
In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
International Standard Version
In a single month I got rid of three shepherds because I grew tired of them, and they despised me.
A Conservative Version
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
American Standard Version
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
Bible in Basic English
And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
Darby Translation
And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will conceal three shepherds in one month; and my soul will be shortened for them, and also their soul loathed for me.
King James 2000
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their souls also abhorred me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I got rid of three shepherds in one month, for {I grew impatient} with them, and {they also became tired of me}.
Modern King James verseion
I also cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also despised me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Three shepherds destroyed I in one month, for I might not away with them, neither had they any delight in me.
NET Bible
Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
New Heart English Bible
I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
The Emphasized Bible
And I sent off three shepherds, in one month, - for impatient was my soul with them, moreover also, their soul, felt a loathing against me.
Webster
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
World English Bible
I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 11:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Shepherds: Good And Bad
7
So I [Zechariah] pastured the flock doomed for slaughter, truly [as the name implies] the most miserable of sheep. And I took two [shepherd’s] staffs, the one I called Favor (Grace) and the other I called Union (Bonds); so I pastured the flock.
8 Then I eliminated the three [incompetent, unfit] shepherds [the civil rulers, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was impatient with them, and they also were tired of me and despised me.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 49:7
This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel’s Holy One says,
To the thoroughly despised One,
To the One hated by the nation
To the Servant of rulers,
“
Princes shall also bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”
Hosea 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against the Lord,
For they have borne illegitimate (pagan) children.
Now the
Matthew 23:34-36
John 7:7
Leviticus 26:11
I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject nor separate itself from you.
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places [devoted to idolatrous worship], and cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies upon the [crushed] bodies of your idols, and My soul will detest you [with deep and unutterable loathing].
Leviticus 26:44
Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so despise them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God.
Deuteronomy 32:19
“The Lord saw it, and rejected them,
Out of indignation with His sons and His daughters.
Psalm 106:40
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people
And He detested His own
Jeremiah 12:8
“My inheritance has become to Me
Like a lion in the forest;
She has raised her voice and roared against Me;
So I have come to [treat her as if I] hate her.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not treat us with contempt and condemn us, for Your own name’s sake;
Do not disgrace Your
Remember [with consideration] and do not break Your [solemn] covenant with us.
Hosea 9:15
All their wickedness [says the Lord] is focused in Gilgal;
Indeed, I came to hate them there!
Because of the wickedness of their [idolatrous] practices
I will drive them out of My house (the land of Israel)!
I will love them no longer;
All their princes are rebels.
Matthew 24:50-51
Luke 19:14
John 15:18
John 15:23-25
Hebrews 10:38
But My righteous one [the one justified by faith] shall live by faith [respecting man’s relationship to God and trusting Him];
And if he draws back [shrinking in fear], My soul has no delight in him.
Psalm 5:5
The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight;
You hate all who do evil.
Psalm 78:9
The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.
Luke 12:50