Zechariah 13:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsZechariah 13:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְהָיָ֗ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יִנָּבֵ֣א
nâbâʼ
H5012
to prophesy
אִישׁ֮
ʼîysh
H376
man
עוֹד֒
ʻôwd
H5750
still
וְאָמְר֣וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵ֠לָיו
ʼêl
H413
to
אָבִ֨יו
ʼâb
H1
father
וְאִמּ֤וֹ
ʼêm
H517
mother
יֹֽלְדָיו֙
yâlad
H3205
to bear
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
תִֽחְיֶ֔ה
châyâh
H2421
to live
כִּ֛י
kîy
H3588
that
שֶׁ֥קֶר
sheqer
H8267
lie
דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ
dâbar
H1696
to speak
בְּשֵׁ֣ם
shêm
H8034
name
יְהוָ֑ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וּדְקָרֻ֜הוּ
dâqar
H1856
to pierce
אָבִ֧יהוּ
ʼâb
H1
father
וְאִמּ֛וֹ
ʼêm
H517
mother
יֹלְדָ֖יו
yâlad
H3205
to bear
בְּהִנָּבְאֽוֹ
nâbâʼ
H5012
to prophesy
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World English Bible Public Domain
It will happen that, when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, 'You must die, because you speak lies in the name of Yahweh;' and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it will be, if a man still prophesies, then his father and his mother, the ones who bore him, will say to him, ‘You will not live, for you have spoken falsehood in the name of Yahweh.’ And his father and his mother, the ones who bore him, will pierce him when he prophesies.
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