New American Standard Bible 2020
Zechariah 13:5
5but he will say, ‘I am 1not a prophet; I am a cultivator of the ground, because a man 2sold me as a slave in my youth.’
Zechariah 13:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
- New International Version (NIV)Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)But he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.’
Context of Zechariah 13:5
3And if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the Lord’; and his father and mother who gave birth to him shall pierce him through when he prophesies. 4Also it will come about on that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive; but he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a cultivator of the ground, because a man sold me as a slave in my youth.’ 6And someone will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will say, ‘Those with which I was wounded at the house of my friends.’ 7“Awake, sword, against My Shepherd, And against the Man, My Associate,” Declares the Lord of armies. “Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered; And I will turn My hand against the little ones.
Read all of Zechariah 13Zechariah 13:5 word by word
וְאָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי אִישׁ־עֹבֵ֤ד אֲדָמָה֙ אָנֹ֔כִי כִּ֥י אָדָ֖ם הִקְנַ֥נִי מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
- but he will sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- not a prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
- I am a cultivatorאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- I am a cultivatorעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: labourH5647
- of the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
- becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
- a manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- soldקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
- in my youthנְעוּרִיםnâ‛ûr nâ‛ûr ne‛ûrâh · youthH5271
Cross-references for Zechariah 13:5
Commentaries on Zechariah 13:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5But he shall say, I am no prophet - This must be the case of a false prophet or diviner, who had been obliged to give up his infamous practice, and become even a laborer in the land. But having been known to be such, he is questioned by the people to see if he still were addicted in heart to the same practices. He declares he is no prophet, neither true nor false; that he is now a husbandman, and was brought up a herdsman.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And he shall say - Repudiating his former claims, “I am a husbandman:” for a man hath taught me from my youth.” There was no room then for his having been a false prophet, since he had had from his youth one simple unlettered occupation, as Amos said truly of himself; “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet‘s son: but I was an herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit” Amos 7:14. The prophet does not approve the lie, any more than our Lord did the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5I work the land: This statement may be a deliberate echo of Amos 7:14. In that passage, Amos says he is not a prophet by profession but a farmer whom the Lord called to speak his message.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. The detection of one of the false prophets dramatically represented. He is seized by some zealous vindicator of the law, and in fear cries out, "I am no prophet." man--that is, one. taught me to keep cattle--As "keeping cattle" is not the same as to be "an husbandman," translate rather, "Has used (or 'appropriated') me as a servant," namely, in husbandry [Maurer]. However, husbandry and keeping cattle might be regarded as jointly the occupation of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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