Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
New American Standard Bible
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will
And I will
I will say, ‘They are
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
King James Version
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
International Standard Version
And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"
A Conservative Version
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, LORD i
American Standard Version
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Amplified
“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Bible in Basic English
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Darby Translation
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Julia Smith Translation
And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.
King James 2000
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, They are my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"
Modern King James verseion
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"
NET Bible
Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"
New Heart English Bible
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.'"
The Emphasized Bible
And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold, - It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!
Webster
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
World English Bible
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, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, 'My people it is,' And it saith, 'Jehovah is my God!'
Themes
Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » The refining process
God's Promises » God's, characteristics of » Of answer to prayer
God's Promises » To the prayerful » Promises of answer
Gold » Refined and tried by fire
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Answer promised
Prayer » Examples of » Promises of answers to
Prayer » The promises of God encourage to
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Silver » Illustrative » Of saints purified by affliction
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 13:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's People Cleansed
8
this is the Lord’s declaration—
two-thirds
but a third will be left in it.
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 48:10
I have tested
Psalm 50:15
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
Zechariah 10:6
and deliver the house of Joseph.
I will restore
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.
For I am Yahweh their God,
and I will answer them.
Malachi 3:2-3
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears?
1 Peter 1:6-7
You rejoice in this,
Job 23:10
when He has tested me,
Psalm 66:10-12
You refined us as silver is refined.
Proverbs 17:3
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.
Isaiah 58:9
when you cry out, He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you get rid of the yoke among you,
the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,
Jeremiah 29:11-12
For I know the plans I have for you”
Jeremiah 30:22
and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 11:20
so they may follow My statutes,
Zechariah 8:8
I will bring them back
Zechariah 12:10
“Then I will pour out a spirit
1 Peter 4:12
Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal
Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
Leviticus 26:44-45
Yet in spite of this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or abhor them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them, since I am Yahweh their God.
Deuteronomy 26:17-19
Today you have affirmed that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, commands, and ordinances, and obey Him.
Psalm 34:15-19
and His ears are open to their cry for help.
Psalm 91:15
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.
Psalm 144:15
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.
Isaiah 43:2
when you pass through the waters,
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not overwhelm you.
You will not be scorched
when you walk through the fire,
and the flame will not burn you.
Isaiah 44:1-6
Israel whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 65:23-24
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.
Jeremiah 31:33
“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put My teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Jeremiah 32:38
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:28
Then you will live in the land that I gave your fathers;
Ezekiel 37:27
My dwelling place will be with them;
Hosea 2:21-23
this is the Lord’s declaration.
I will respond to the sky,
and it will respond to the earth.
Joel 2:32
on the name of Yahweh will be saved,
for there will be an escape
for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
as the Lord promised,
among the survivors the Lord calls.
Matthew 22:29-32
Jesus answered them,
Acts 2:21
on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Romans 10:12-14
for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek,
1 Corinthians 3:11-13
For no one can lay any other foundation
Hebrews 8:10
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.
James 1:12
A man who endures trials
Revelation 21:3-4
Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them
and be their God.
Revelation 21:7
The victor