KJV King James Version
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.
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Zechariah 11:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to me, “Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me, ‘Cast it unto the potter;’ the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty silverlings, and cast them to the house of Jehovah, unto the potter.
Surrounding context — Zechariah 11
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.
16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֜הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֵלַ֗יH413 · elto(wards)הַשְׁלִיכֵ֙הוּ֙H7993 · sha.lakhto throwאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַיּוֹצֵ֔רH3335 · ya.tsarto form: formedאֶ֣דֶרH145 · e.derrobeהַיְקָ֔רH3366 · ye.qarpreciousnessאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichיָקַ֖רְתִּיH3365 · ya.qarbe preciousמֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֑םH5921 · aluponוָֽאֶקְחָה֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyהַכֶּ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוָאַשְׁלִ֥יךְH7993 · sha.lakhto throwאֹת֛וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַיּוֹצֵֽר׃H3335 · ya.tsarto form: formed
Cross-references
Matthew 27:3-10Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,Acts 1:18-19Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.Isaiah 53:2-3For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.Acts 4:11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.Isaiah 54:7-10For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.Matthew 27:12And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
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