Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then I broke my second staff, Union, into pieces to break the brotherhood between Judah (the Southern Kingdom) and Israel (the Northern Kingdom).
New American Standard Bible
Then I cut in pieces my second staff
King James Version
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Holman Bible
Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
International Standard Version
So I took the 30 shekels of silver and threw them into the treasury of the Temple of the LORD. Then I broke my second staff the one I had named "Union" - breaking the union between the house of Judah and the house of Israel.
A Conservative Version
Then I cut apart my other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
American Standard Version
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Then I took my other rod, the one named Bands, cutting it in two, so that the relation of brothers between Judah and Israel might be broken.
Darby Translation
And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And I shall cut off my second rod, Cords, to break the brotherhood between Judah and between Israel.
King James 2000
Then I cut asunder my other staff, even Unity, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then I broke my second staff Unity to break the family ties between Judah and Israel.
Modern King James verseion
Then I broke My other staff Union apart, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then brake I my other staff also, namely Woe, that I might loose the brotherhood betwixt Judah and Israel.
NET Bible
Then I cut the second staff "Binders" in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
New Heart English Bible
Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
Then cut I in two my second staff, even Union, - that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Webster
Then I cut asunder my other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
World English Bible
Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.
Themes
Israel » foreshadowing circumstances indicating the separation » Providential
Interlinear
Sheniy
Chabal
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 11:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Shepherds: Good And Bad
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Cross References
Isaiah 9:21
[The tribe of] Manasseh devours [the tribe of his brother] Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
And together they are against Judah (the southern kingdom, the house of David).
In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away
But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].
Isaiah 11:13
Then the jealousy of
And those who harass
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
Ezekiel 37:16-20
“And you, son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’
Zechariah 11:7
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.
Zechariah 11:9
So I said, “I will not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed; and let the survivors devour one another’s flesh.”
Matthew 24:10
Acts 23:7-10
When he said this, an angry dispute erupted between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the [whole crowded] assembly was divided [into two factions].
Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another [in bickering and strife], watch out that you [along with your entire fellowship] are not consumed by one another.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.
James 3:16
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder [unrest, rebellion] and every evil thing and morally degrading practice.
James 4:1-3
What leads to [the unending]