Parallel Verses
Webster
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred 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 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.
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 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took to me two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat, every one the flesh of another.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 49:7
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Hosea 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Matthew 23:34-36
Wherefore behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning 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 cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Leviticus 26:44
And yet for all that, when they shall be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
Deuteronomy 32:19
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Psalm 106:40
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Jeremiah 12:8
My heritage is to me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
Hosea 9:15
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Matthew 24:50-51
The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
John 15:18
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
John 15:23-25
He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man shall draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Psalm 5:5
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalm 78:9
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it shall be accomplished!