Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock. 8 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me. 9 Then 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 let those who are left eat each other's flesh."
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 49:7
Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."
Hosea 5:7
They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
Matthew 23:34-36
Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
John 7:7
The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
Leviticus 26:11
I will set my tent among you: and my soul won't abhor you.
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the 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 reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God;
Deuteronomy 32:19
Yahweh saw [it], and abhorred [them], because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Psalm 106:40
Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
Jeremiah 12:8
My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not abhor [us], for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, don't break your covenant with us.
Hosea 9:15
"All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated 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 lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'
John 15:18
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:23-25
He who hates me, hates my Father also.
Hebrews 10:38
But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
Psalm 5:5
The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate 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 distressed I am until it is accomplished!