KJV King James Version
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.
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Zechariah 11:12
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
WEB World English Bible
I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
ASV American Standard Version
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I say unto them: ‘If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;’ and they weigh out my hire—thirty silverlings.
Surrounding context — Zechariah 11
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
10 And I took my staff, [even] Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD.
12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.
13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, [even] Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וָאֹמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵיהֶ֗םH413 · elto(wards)אִם־H518 · imifט֧וֹבH2895 · tovbe pleasingבְּעֵינֵיכֶ֛םH5869 · a.yineyeהָב֥וּH3051 · ya.havto giveשְׂכָרִ֖יH7939 · sa.kharwagesוְאִם־H518 · imifלֹ֣א׀H3808 · lonotחֲדָ֑לוּH2308 · cha.dalto ceaseוַיִּשְׁקְל֥וּH8254 · sha.qalto weighאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׂכָרִ֖יH7939 · sa.kharwagesשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyכָּֽסֶף׃H3701 · ke.sephsilver: money
Cross-references
Matthew 26:15And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.Exodus 21:32If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.Mark 14:10-11And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.Luke 22:3-6Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.John 13:27-30And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.Genesis 37:28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s [son], to betray him;1 Kings 21:2And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it [is] near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; [or], if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.2 Chronicles 30:4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
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