Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
But he shall say, I am no prophet; I am a man, a tiller of the ground; for a man taught me to buy from my youth.
New American Standard Bible
but he will say, ‘I am
King James Version
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
Holman Bible
He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased
International Standard Version
"He will say, "I am no mere prophet. A servant of mankind am I, because a man dedicated to this have I been from my youth.'
A Conservative Version
But he shall say, I am no prophet. I am a tiller of the ground, for I have been made a bondman from my youth.
American Standard Version
but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.
Amplified
but he will [deny his identity and] say, ‘I am no prophet. I work the ground, because a man sold me as a slave in my youth.’
Bible in Basic English
But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.
Darby Translation
And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me as bondman from my youth.
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, I am not a prophet; I a man working the land; for man sold me from my youth.
King James 2000
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
but he will say, "I [am] not a prophet; I am a tiller of the soil, for a man has acquired me since my youth."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But he shall be fain to say, 'I am no Prophet: I am a husbandman, for so am I taught by Adam from my youth up.'
NET Bible
Instead he will say, 'I am no prophet -- indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.'
New Heart English Bible
but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'
The Emphasized Bible
But he will say, No prophet, am I, - One tilling the ground, am I, for, one of the common people, hath owned me from my youth.
Webster
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
World English Bible
but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'
Youngs Literal Translation
And one hath said, 'I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground is my possession from my youth.'
Interlinear
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 13:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's People Cleansed
4 And it shall be in that day, the prophets shall be ashamed, each one of his vision, when he prophesies. And they shall not wear a hairy garment to deceive. 5 But he shall say, I am no prophet; I am a man, a tiller of the ground; for a man taught me to buy from my youth. 6 And one shall say to him, What are these wounds in your hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of those who love Me.
Phrases
Cross References
Amos 7:14
Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah: I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet's son. But I was a herdsman and a gatherer from sycamore trees.
Acts 19:17-20
And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks who lived at Ephesus, and fear fell on all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.