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Zechariah 11:12-14
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Zechariah 11:12-14
The Voice
Zechariah (to the sheep traders): 12 If you think it is right, give me what I have earned. If you don’t, then keep it for yourselves.
They took 30 pieces of silver, the price set as my wages, the price of a slave.
Eternal One (to Zechariah): 13 Give My deserved portion of your fee to the potter.
And I did as He told me. I took the 30 shekels of silver—the noble price of my valuable service—and gave them to the potter in the Eternal’s temple.[a] 14 Afterward I broke my other staff, Unity of the People, which severed the bond between the people of Judah and Israel.
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Zechariah 11:12-14
New International Version
Zechariah 11:12-14
New International Version
12 I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.(A)
13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver(B) and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.(C)
14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.
Zechariah 11:12-14
New King James Version
Zechariah 11:12-14
New King James Version
12 Then I said to them, “If it is [a]agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they (A)weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the (B)potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter. 14 Then I cut in two my other staff, [b]Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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- Zechariah 11:12 good in your sight
- Zechariah 11:14 Or Unity
Zechariah 11:12-14
English Standard Version
Zechariah 11:12-14
English Standard Version
12 Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages (A)thirty pieces of silver. 13 Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—(B)the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the (C)thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord, to the potter. 14 Then I broke (D)my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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