Zechariah 13:6

Zechariah 13:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
• New International Version (NIV)If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if one asks him, 'What are these wounds on your back?' he will say, 'The wounds I received in the house of my friends.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’

Context of Zechariah 13:6

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; 5but 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.’ And 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. 8And it will come about in all the land,” Declares the Lord, “That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.

Zechariah 13:6 word by word

וְאָמַ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו מָ֧ה הַמַּכּ֛וֹת הָאֵ֖לֶּה בֵּ֣ין יָדֶ֑יךָ וְאָמַ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֻכֵּ֖יתִי בֵּ֥ית מְאַהֲבָֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

• will sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to him, ‘Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• are theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• woundsמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• betweenבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
• armsיָדyâd · handH3027
• with whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• I was woundedנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• at the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• my friendsאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: friendH157

Cross-references for Zechariah 13:6

• 1 Kings 18:28So they cried out with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until blood gushed out on them.
• Revelation 13:16And he causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,
• Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
• Psalms 22:16For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
• Proverbs 27:5Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
• John 18:35Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed You over to me; what have You done?”
• John 19:14Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Look, your King!”

Commentaries on Zechariah 13:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6What are these wounds in thine hands? - Marks which he had received in honor of his idols. But he shall excuse himself by stating that he had received these marks in his own family; when, most probably, they had been dedicated to some of those idols. See the note on Isaiah 44:5. I do not think that these words are spoken at all concerning Jesus Christ. I have heard them quoted in this way; but I cannot hear such an application of them without horror. In…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And one shall say unto him, What are those wounds in thy hands? - The words are simple; the meaning different, according as they are united with what immediately precedes, or the main subject, Him whom they pierced, for whom they were to mourn, and, on their mourning, to be cleansed, and of whom it is said in the next verse, “Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd.” Jerome and others explain it of the punishment inflicted by parents. “These wounds and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6wounds on your chest?: These wounds may be cuts or bruises. Some ecstatic prophets (prophets who worked themselves into a religious frenzy), especially in Canaanite worship, injured themselves during ceremonies (see 1 Kings 18:28). When questioned, false prophets would try to explain the wounds away. They might claim, “I was wounded at my friends’ house,” to hide their former practices.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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In the dictionaries

• Awake
• Fellow
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• Bible, the
• Prophecy; Prophets
• Salvation
• Zechariah, Book of

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