Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 11:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Shepherds: Good And Bad
7
So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named Favor, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep.
8 Then I annihilated the three shepherds in
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 49:7
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."
Hosea 5:7
They have dealt faithlessly with the LORD; for they have borne alien children. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
Leviticus 26:11
I will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.
Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.
Leviticus 26:44
Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and break my covenant with them, for I am the LORD their God.
Deuteronomy 32:19
"The LORD saw it and spurned them, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Psalm 106:40
Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;
Jeremiah 12:8
My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not spurn us, for your name's sake; do not dishonor your glorious throne; remember and do not break your covenant with us.
Hosea 9:15
Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels.
Matthew 24:50-51
the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know
Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'
John 15:18
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:23-25
Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
Hebrews 10:38
but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
Psalm 5:5
The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.
Psalm 78:9
The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.
Luke 12:50
I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished!