Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.
New American Standard Bible
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will
And I will
I will say, ‘They are
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
King James Version
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Holman Bible
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
International Standard Version
And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"
A Conservative Version
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, LORD i
American Standard Version
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Amplified
“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Bible in Basic English
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Darby Translation
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
King James 2000
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, They are my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"
Modern King James verseion
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"
NET Bible
Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"
New Heart English Bible
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
The Emphasized Bible
And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold, - It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!
Webster
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
World English Bible
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, 'My people it is,' And it saith, 'Jehovah is my God!'
Themes
Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » The refining process
God's Promises » God's, characteristics of » Of answer to prayer
God's Promises » To the prayerful » Promises of answer
Gold » Refined and tried by fire
Israel/jews » Israel becoming lost
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Answer promised
Prayer » Examples of » Promises of answers to
Prayer » The promises of God encourage to
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Silver » Illustrative » Of saints purified by affliction
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 13:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's People Cleansed
8 And it was in all the land, says Jehovah, two parts in it shall be cut off, they shall expire; and the third shall be left in it 9 And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I purified thee and not with silver; I chose thee in the furnace of affliction.
Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the day of straits: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honor me.
Zechariah 10:6
And I strengthened the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I turned them back for I cornpassionated them, and they were as if I cast them not off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will answer them.
Malachi 3:2-3
And who enduring the day of his coming? and who standing in his being seen? for he is as the fire of the crucible, as the alkali of the fuller.
1 Peter 1:6-7
By which ye are transported with joy, now for a little, (if it is necessary,) having grieved in various temptations:
Job 23:10
For he knew the way with me,: he tried me.; I shall come forth as gold.
Psalm 66:10-12
For thou didst try us, O God, thou didst prove us as purifying of silver.
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold: and Jehovah tries hearts.
Isaiah 58:9
Then shalt thou call and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry for help, and he will say, Behold me. If thou shalt take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the extending of the finger, and the word of vanity;
Jeremiah 29:11-12
For I knew the purposes which I purposed concerning you, says Jehovah; purposes of peace, and not for evil, to give to you the last part and expectation.
Jeremiah 30:22
And ye were to me for a people, and I will be to you for God.
Ezekiel 11:20
That they shall walk in my laws, and they shall watch my judgments and do them, and they were to me for a people and I shall be to them for God.
Zechariah 8:8
And I brought them, and they dwelt in the midst of Jerusalem: and they were to me for a people, and I will be to them for God, in truth and in justice.
Zechariah 12:10
And I poured out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplications: and they looked to me whom they pierced, and they mourned for him as mourning for the only begotten, and being embittered for him as being embittered for the first-born.
1 Peter 4:12
Dearly beloved, be not astonished at the refining of fire in you, being for trial to you, as a strange thing happening to you:
Leviticus 26:12
And I walked in the midst of you, and I was to you for God, and ye shall be to me for a people.
Leviticus 26:44-45
And yet also this in their being in the land of their enemies, I did not reject them, and I did not abhor them, to cut them off, and to break my covenant with them: for I Jehovah their God.
Deuteronomy 26:17-19
Thou saidst this day Jehovah to be to thee for God, and to go in his ways, and to watch his laws and his commands, and his judgments, and to hear to his voice.
Psalm 34:15-19
The eyes of Jehovah upon the just, and his ears to their cries.
Psalm 91:15
He shall call me and I will answer him: I am with him in straits; I will deliver him and honor him.
Psalm 144:15
Happy the people thus and thus to him: happy the people Jehovah his God.
Isaiah 43:2
When thou shalt pass through the waters, I with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou shalt go through fire thou shalt not be burnt, and the flame shall not consume thee.
Isaiah 44:1-6
Hear now, O Jacob and Israel, whom I chose:
Isaiah 65:23-24
They shall not labor in vain, and they shall not bring forth for terror; for they the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Jeremiah 31:33
For this the covenant that I will cut out with the house of Israel: After those days, says Jehovah; I gave my law in the midst of them, and upon their heart will I write it; and I was to them for God, and they shall be to me for a people.
Jeremiah 32:38
And they were to me for a people, and I will be to them for God.
Ezekiel 36:28
And ye dwelt in the land which I gave to your fathers, and ye were to me for a people, and I shall be to you for God.
Ezekiel 37:27
And my dwelling was with them, and I was to them for God, and they shall be to me for a people.
Hosea 2:21-23
And it was in that day, I will answer, says Jehovah, I will answer the heavens and they shall answer the earth;
Joel 2:32
And it was all who shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall escape: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be an escaping, as said Jehovah; and among those left whom Jehovah called.
Matthew 22:29-32
And Jesus, having answered, said to them, Ye are led astray, not having known the writings, nor the power of God.
Acts 2:21
And it shall be, every one, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
Romans 10:12-14
For no distinction is of the Jew and also of the Greek: for the same Lord of all being rich to all calling upon him.
1 Corinthians 3:11-13
For none is able to lay another foundation above that laid, which is Jesus the Christ.
Hebrews 8:10
For this the covenant which I will set to the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; giving my laws into their mind, and upon their hearts will I write them: and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for a people:
James 1:12
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
Revelation 21:3-4
And I heard a great voice from heaven saying, Behold the tent of God with men, and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
Revelation 21:7
He conquering shall inherit all things; and I will be God to him, and he shall be son to me.