11 translations · Hebrew
Zechariah 13:9
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.’”
Zechariah 13:9 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.’”
- KJV King James Version
- And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And I have brought the third into fire, || And refined them like a refining of silver, || And have tried them like a trying of gold, || It calls in My Name, and I answer it, || I have said, It [is] My people, || And it says, YHWH [is] my God!”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I will place this one third in the fire, and I will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on me for help, and I will answer them. I will say, “These are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, 'My people it [is],' And it saith, 'Jehovah [is] my God!'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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, ‘The LORD is my God.’”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵבֵאתִ֤י | wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî | I will bring | H935 בּוֹא to come (in): come |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| הַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ | haš·šə·li·šîṯ | This third | H7992 שְׁלִישִׁי third |
| בָּאֵ֔שׁ | bā·’êš | through the fire | H784 אֵשׁ fire |
| וּצְרַפְתִּים֙ | ū·ṣə·rap̄·tîm | I will refine them | H6884 צָרַף to refine |
| כִּצְרֹ֣ף | kiṣ·rōp̄ | — | H6884 צָרַף to refine |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| הַכֶּ֔סֶף | hak·ke·sep̄ | like silver | H3701 כֶּ֫סֶף silver: money |
| וּבְחַנְתִּ֖ים | ū·ḇə·ḥan·tîm | and test them | H974 בָּחַן to test |
| כִּבְחֹ֣ן | kiḇ·ḥōn | — | H974 בָּחַן to test |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| הַזָּהָ֑ב | haz·zā·hāḇ | like gold | H2091 זָהָב gold |
| ה֣וּא׀ | hū | — | H1931 הוּא he/she/it |
| יִקְרָ֣א | yiq·rā | They will call | H7121 קָרָא to call: call to |
| בִשְׁמִ֗י | ḇiš·mî | on My name | H8034 שֵׁם name |
| וַֽאֲנִי֙ | wa·’ă·nî | and I | H589 אֲנִי I |
| אֶעֱנֶ֣ה | ’e·‘ĕ·neh | will answer them | H6030 עוּן to dwell |
| אֹת֔וֹ | ’ō·ṯōw | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ | ’ā·mar·tî | I will say | H559 אָמַר to say |
| עַמִּ֣י | ‘am·mî | They are My people | H5971 עַם people |
| ה֔וּא | hū | and they | H1931 הוּא he/she/it |
| וְה֥וּא | wə·hū | — | H1931 הוּא he/she/it |
| יֹאמַ֖ר | yō·mar | will say | H559 אָמַר to say |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | The LORD [is] | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהָֽי׃ס | ’ĕ·lō·hāy | our God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
Related verses
- Psalm 50:15
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- Jeremiah 29:11–12
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
- Acts 2:21
It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
- Isaiah 65:23–24
They will not labor in vain, nor give birth for calamity; for they are the offspring of Yahweh’s blessed, and their descendants with them. It will happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
- Psalm 34:15–19
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. …
- 1 Peter 1:6–7
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
- Psalm 91:15
He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
- 1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
- Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
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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