Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then I broke my second staff Unity to break the family ties between Judah and Israel.
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.
Amplified
Then I broke my second staff, Union, into pieces to break the brotherhood between Judah (the Southern Kingdom) and Israel (the Northern Kingdom).
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.
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
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Sheniy
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American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 11:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Shepherds: Good And Bad
13 And Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter," {this noble price} [at] which I was valued by them!" So I took the thirty silver [shekels] and I threw them to the potter [in] the house of Yahweh. 14 Then I broke my second staff Unity to break the family ties between Judah and Israel. 15 And Yahweh said to me, "Take again the implements of a foolish shepherd.
Cross References
Isaiah 9:21
Manasseh [devoured] Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they [were] against Judah. In all of this his anger has not turned away, and still his hand [is] stretched out.
Isaiah 11:13
And the jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and the enemies of Judah shall be cut off. Ephraim shall not be jealous [of] Judah, and Judah shall not be an enemy [of] Ephraim.
Ezekiel 37:16-20
"And you, son of man, take for yourself {a piece of wood}, and write on it, 'For Judah and for the {Israelites} his associates,' and take another [piece of] wood, and write on it, 'For Joseph, [the piece of] wood of Ephraim and all of the house of Israel his associates.'
Zechariah 11:7
And I shepherded the flock [doomed] to slaughter, even the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs, one I called Kindness, and the other I called Unity, and I shepherded the flock.
Zechariah 11:9
So I said, "I will not shepherd you! The [one] dying will die, and the [one] to be destroyed will be destroyed. And the [ones] remaining, let them devour {the flesh of each other}."
Matthew 24:10
And then many will be led into sin and will betray one another and will hate one another,
Acts 23:7-10
And [when] he said this, a dispute developed between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another, watch out [that] you are not consumed by one another.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
James 3:16
For where [there is] jealousy and selfish ambition, there [is] disorder and every evil practice.
James 4:1-3
From where [are] conflicts and from where [are] quarrels among you? [Is it] not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?