Parallel Verses
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.'"
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.
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.
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.
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 shall come to pass, sayeth the LORD, that in all the land two parts shall be rooted out, but the third part shall remain therein. 9 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.'"
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;
Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me."
Zechariah 10:6
"I will comfort the house of Judah, and preserve the house of Joseph. I will turn them also, for I pity them: and they shall be like as they were, when I had not cast them off. For I the LORD am their God, and will hear them.
Malachi 3:2-3
Who shall endure in the day of his coming, or who shall stand to behold him? For he is as trying fire, and as the herb that fullers scour withal.
1 Peter 1:6-7
in the which time ye shall rejoice, though now for a season - if need require - ye are in heaviness, through manifold temptations,
Job 23:10
But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.
Psalm 66:10-12
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
Proverbs 17:3
Like as silver is tried in the fire and gold in the furnace, even so doth the LORD prove the hearts.
Isaiah 58:9
Then shouldest thou call, and the LORD answer; then shouldest thou cry, and he shall say, "Lo, here am I. For I the LORD thy God am merciful."
Jeremiah 29:11-12
For I know what I have devised for you sayeth the LORD. My thoughts are to give you peace, and not trouble, which I give you already; and that ye might have hope again.
Jeremiah 30:22
Ye shall be my people also, and I will be your God."
Ezekiel 11:20
that ye may walk in my commandments, and keep mine ordinances, and do them. That ye may be my people, and I your God.
Zechariah 8:8
and will bring them that they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.
Zechariah 12:10
Moreover, upon the house of David and upon the citizens of Jerusalem, will I pour out the spirit of grace and prayer, so that they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall beweep him, as men mourn for their only begotten son: Yea, and be sorry for him, as men are sorry for their first child
1 Peter 4:12
Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you:
Leviticus 26:12
And I will walk among you and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Leviticus 26:44-45
And yet, for all that; when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not so cast them away nor my soul shall not so abhor them, that I will utterly destroy them and break mine covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Deuteronomy 26:17-19
Thou hast set up the LORD this day to be thy God and to walk in his ways and to keep his ordinances, his commandments and his laws, and to hearken unto his voice.
Psalm 34:15-19
For the eyes of the LORD are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers.
Psalm 91:15
When he calleth upon me, I shall hear him: Yea I am with him in his trouble; whereout I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.
Psalm 144:15
Happy are the people that be in such a case; yea, blessed are the people, which have the LORD for their God.
Isaiah 43:2
If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.
Isaiah 44:1-6
So hear now, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 65:23-24
My chosen shall live long, they shall not labour in vain, nor beget with trouble: for they are the high, blessed seed of the LORD, and their fruits with them.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, sayeth the LORD: I will plant my law in the inward parts of them, and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jeremiah 32:38
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:28
And ye shall dwell in the land which I gave your fathers. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 37:27
My dwelling shall be with them, yea I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hosea 2:21-23
At the same time will I show myself friendly and gracious unto the heavens, sayeth the LORD: and the heavens shall help the earth,
Joel 2:32
And the time shall come: that whosoever calleth upon the name of the LORD, shall be saved. For upon the mount Zion and at Jerusalem, there shall be a salvation, like as the LORD hath promised. Yea, and among the other remnant, whom the LORD shall call.
Matthew 22:29-32
Jesus answered and said unto them, "Ye are deceived, and understand not what the scripture meaneth, nor yet the power of God.
Acts 2:21
And it shall be that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
Romans 10:12-14
There is no difference between the Jew and the gentile. For one is Lord of all: which is rich unto all that call on him.
1 Corinthians 3:11-13
For other foundation can no man lay, than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the testament that I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws in their minds, and in their hearts, I will write them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
James 1:12
Happy is the man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Revelation 21:3-4
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.
Revelation 21:7
He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.