Parallel Verses
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.
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 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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Ra`ah
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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 And I fed the flock of slaughter, even the poor of the flock. And I took two staffs for myself; the one I called Kindness, and the other I called Union. And I fed the flock. 8 I also cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also despised me. 9 And I said, I will not feed you; that which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off. And those left, let them eat, each woman her neighbor's flesh.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 49:7
So says Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, to Him whom man despises, to Him whom the nation hates, the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, rulers also shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, and He shall choose You.
Hosea 5:7
They have acted treacherously against Jehovah, for they have brought out strange sons. Now a new moon shall devour them with their portions.
Matthew 23:34-36
Therefore, behold, I send prophets and wise men and scribes to you. And you will kill and crucify some of them. And some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city;
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Leviticus 26:11
And I will set My tabernacle among you. And My soul shall not abhor you.
Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places and cut down your images, and throw your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and My soul shall despise you.
Leviticus 26:44
And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I hate them, to destroy them utterly and to break My covenant with them. For I am Jehovah their God.
Deuteronomy 32:19
And Jehovah saw, and despised them because of the provoking of His sons and of His daughters.
Psalm 106:40
And the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against His people, and He detested His inheritance.
Jeremiah 12:8
My inheritance is to Me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against Me; therefore I have hated it.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not abhor us for Your name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
Hosea 9:15
All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them out of My house for the wickedness of their doings. I will love them no more; all their rulers are revolters.
Matthew 24:50-51
the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he does not look for Him, and in an hour which he does not know.
Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him. And they sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this one to reign over us.
John 15:18
If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
John 15:23-25
He who hates Me hates My Father also.
Hebrews 10:38
Now, "the Just shall live by faith. But if he draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him."
Psalm 5:5
The foolish shall not stand in Your sight. You hate all doers of iniquity.
Psalm 78:9
The sons of Ephraim, armed shooters of bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am pressed down until it is accomplished!