Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The Lord my God says this: "Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.
New American Standard Bible
Thus says the Lord my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to
King James Version
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Holman Bible
Yahweh my God says this: “Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.
International Standard Version
This is what the LORD my God says: "Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.
A Conservative Version
Thus said LORD my God: Feed the flock of slaughter,
American Standard Version
Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
Amplified
Thus says the Lord my God, “Pasture the flock doomed for slaughter,
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;
Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter,
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
King James 2000
Thus says the LORD my God; Feed the flock for the slaughter;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus says Yahweh my God: "Shepherd the flock [doomed] to slaughter.
Modern King James verseion
For so says Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus sayeth the LORD my God, "Feed the sheep of the slaughter,
New Heart English Bible
Thus says the LORD my God: "Feed the flock of slaughter.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh my God, - Tend thou the flock doomed to slaughter:
Webster
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh my God: "Feed the flock of slaughter.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah my God: 'Feed the flock of the slaughter,
Interlinear
Ra`ah
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 11:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Shepherds: Good And Bad
3 Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated. 4 The Lord my God says this: "Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter. 5 Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
Names
Cross References
Zechariah 11:7
So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one "Pleasantness" and the other "Binders," and I tended the flock.
Isaiah 40:9-11
Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don't be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"
Isaiah 49:4-5
But I thought, "I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing." But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.
Ezekiel 34:23-24
I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them -- namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.
Micah 5:4
He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord's strength, by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored even in the distant regions of the earth.
Zechariah 14:5
Then you will escape through my mountain valley, for the mountains will extend to Azal. Indeed, you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come with all his holy ones with him.
Matthew 15:24
So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Matthew 23:37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
Luke 19:41-44
Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
John 20:17
Jesus replied, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
John 21:15-17
Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."
Romans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.