11 translations · Hebrew
Zechariah 13:7
“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
Zechariah 13:7 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
- KJV King James Version
- Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Sword, awake against My Shepherd, || And against a hero—My Fellow,” || A declaration of YHWH of Hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, and the flock is scattered, || And I have put back My hand on the little ones.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Wake up, my sword! Attack my shepherd, the man who stands beside me! declares the Lord. Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered, and I will raise my hand against the lambs.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero — My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, even against the man [that is] my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says the LORD of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that cleaveth to me, saith the Lord of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand to the little ones.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֶ֗רֶב | ḥe·reḇ | O sword | H2719 חֶ֫רֶב sword |
| עוּרִ֤י | ‘ū·rî | Awake | H5782 עוּר to rouse |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | against | H5921 עַל upon |
| רֹעִי֙ | rō·‘î | My Shepherd | H7462 |
| וְעַל־ | wə·‘al- | against | H5921 עַל upon |
| גֶּ֣בֶר | ge·ḇer | the man | H1397 גָּבֶר great man |
| עֲמִיתִ֔י | ‘ă·mî·ṯî | who is My Companion | H5997 עָמִית neighbor |
| נְאֻ֖ם | nə·’um | declares | H5002 נְאֻם utterance |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| צְבָא֑וֹת | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | of Hosts | H6635 צָבָא army |
| הַ֤ךְ | haḵ | Strike | H5221 נָכָה to smite |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| הָֽרֹעֶה֙ | hā·rō·‘eh | the Shepherd | H7462 |
| וּתְפוּצֶ֣יןָ | ū·ṯə·p̄ū·ṣe·nā | will be scattered | H6327 פּוּץ to scatter |
| הַצֹּ֔אן | haṣ·ṣōn | and the sheep | H6629 צֹאן flock |
| וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י | wa·hă·ši·ḇō·ṯî | and I will turn | H7725 שׁוּב to return: return |
| יָדִ֖י | yā·ḏî | My hand | H3027 יָד hand |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | against | H5921 עַל upon |
| הַצֹּעֲרִֽים׃ | haṣ·ṣō·‘ă·rîm | the little ones | H6819 צָעַר be little |
Related verses
- Mark 14:27
Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
- John 16:32
Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- Isaiah 40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
- Mark 14:50
They all left him, and fled.
- Ezekiel 37:24
“‘“My servant David will be king over them. They all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
- Jeremiah 23:5–6
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
- Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.
- Zechariah 11:7
So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor”, and the other I called “Union”, and I fed the flock.
- Jeremiah 47:6
“‘You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
5 but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’
6 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.’
7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 It shall happen that in all the land,” says Yahweh, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”
Read all of Zechariah 13 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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