Parallel Verses
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.'"
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.
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.
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
Sh@liyshiy
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Qara'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 13:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's People Cleansed
8 It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, "two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it. 9 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.'"
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Psalm 50:15
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
Zechariah 10:6
"I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.
Malachi 3:2-3
"But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap;
1 Peter 1:6-7
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
Job 23:10
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
Psalm 66:10-12
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.
Isaiah 58:9
Then you shall call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
Jeremiah 29:11-12
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 30:22
You shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 11:20
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Zechariah 8:8
and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."
Zechariah 12:10
I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
Leviticus 26:44-45
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 26:17-19
You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:
Psalm 34:15-19
Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
Psalm 91:15
He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
Psalm 144:15
Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. A praise psalm by David.
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
Isaiah 44:1-6
Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 65:23-24
They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I 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
You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 37:27
My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hosea 2:21-23
It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
Joel 2:32
It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
Matthew 22:29-32
But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
Acts 2:21
It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
Romans 10:12-14
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
1 Corinthians 3:11-13
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 8:10
"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Revelation 21:3-4
I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.