Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
In a single month I got rid of three shepherds because I grew tired of them, and they despised me.
New American Standard Bible
Then I annihilated the three shepherds in
King James Version
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Holman Bible
In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
A Conservative Version
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
American Standard Version
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
Amplified
Then I eliminated the three [incompetent, unfit] shepherds [the civil rulers, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was impatient with them, and they also were tired of me and despised me.
Bible in Basic English
And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
Darby Translation
And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will conceal three shepherds in one month; and my soul will be shortened for them, and also their soul loathed for me.
King James 2000
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their souls also abhorred me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I got rid of three shepherds in one month, for {I grew impatient} with them, and {they also became tired of me}.
Modern King James verseion
I also cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also despised me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Three shepherds destroyed I in one month, for I might not away with them, neither had they any delight in me.
NET Bible
Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
New Heart English Bible
I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
The Emphasized Bible
And I sent off three shepherds, in one month, - for impatient was my soul with them, moreover also, their soul, felt a loathing against me.
Webster
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
World English Bible
I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.
Interlinear
Shalowsh
Ra`ah
Nephesh
Qatsar
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 11:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Shepherds: Good And Bad
7 So I became shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter, paying attention to the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs naming one "Pleasant" and the other one "Union" - and then I pastured the flock. 8 In a single month I got rid of three shepherds because I grew tired of them, and they despised me. 9 So I said, "I will no longer be your shepherd. Let those who are about to die perish, and let what is about to be destroyed be destroyed. As for the survivors, let them devour each other."
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 49:7
"This is what my Lord says the LORD your Redeemer, O Israel, and his Holy One to one despised by people, to those abhorred as a nation, to the servant of rulers: "Kings see and arise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, the one who has chosen you."
Hosea 5:7
They have been unfaithful to the LORD, having raised unbelieving children. In the coming month they will be devoured, along with their fields.
Matthew 23:34-36
"That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its actions are evil.
Leviticus 26:11
I'll set up my tent in your midst and I won't loathe you.
Leviticus 26:30
I'll destroy your high places and cut down your sun pillars. Then I'll cast your dead bodies on top of the bodies of your idols. I'll loathe you.
Leviticus 26:44
Yet, despite all of these things, when they're in the land of their enemies, I won't reject or despise them so as to completely destroy them and by doing so violate my covenant with them, because I am the LORD their God.
Deuteronomy 32:19
The LORD saw it and became jealous, provoked by his sons and daughters.
Psalm 106:40
The LORD's anger burned against his people, so that he despised his own inheritance.
Jeremiah 12:8
My inheritance has become like a lion in the forest to me. She roars at me; therefore, I hate her.
Jeremiah 14:21
For the sake of your name don't despise us. Don't dishonor your glorious throne. Remember, don't break your covenant with us!
Hosea 9:15
"All of their wickedness started in Gilgal, because I began to hate them there. Because of the wickedness of their behavior, I will drive them from my Temple. I will not love them anymore; all their leaders are rebels.
Matthew 24:50-51
that servant's master will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know.
Luke 19:14
But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation to follow him and to announce, "We don't want this man to rule over us!'
John 15:18
"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.
John 15:23-25
The person who hates me also hates my Father.
Hebrews 10:38
but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."
Psalm 5:5
Boastful ones will not stand before you; you hate all those who practice wickedness.
Psalm 78:9
The descendants of Ephraim were sharp shooters with the bow, but they retreated in the day of battle.
Luke 12:50
I have a baptism to be baptized with, and what stress I am under until it's completed!