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Zechariah 13:6
6And if someone asks, ‘Then what about those wounds on your chest?’ he will say, ‘I was wounded at my friends’ house!’
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
4“On that day people will be ashamed to claim the prophetic gift. No one will pretend to be a prophet by wearing prophet’s clothes. 5He will say, ‘I’m no prophet; I’m a farmer. I began working for a farmer as a boy.’ And if someone asks, ‘Then what about those wounds on your chest?’ he will say, ‘I was wounded at my friends’ house!’ 7“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs. 8Two-thirds of the people in the land will be cut off and die,” says the Lord. “But one-third will be left in the land.
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וְאָמַ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו מָ֧ה הַמַּכּ֛וֹת הָאֵ֖לֶּה בֵּ֣ין יָדֶ֑יךָ וְאָמַ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֻכֵּ֖יתִי בֵּ֥ית מְאַהֲבָֽי׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zechariah 13:6
- 1 Kings 18:28So they shouted louder, and following their normal custom, they cut themselves with knives and swords until the blood gushed out.
- Revelation 13:16He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead.
- Revelation 14:11The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.”
- Psalms 22:16My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
- Proverbs 27:5An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
- John 18:35“Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?”
- John 19:14It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people, “Look, here is 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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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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