Zechariah 11:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 11:13

11 So it was broken on that day. Thus ^athe poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

12 Then I said to them, “If it is¹ agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they ^aweighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the ^apotter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.

14 Then I cut in two my other staff,¹ Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 And the Lord said to me, ^a“Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

16 For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in ^apieces.

Verse Comparison: Zechariah 11:13

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty `pieces' of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.

Amplified® Bible
And the Lord said to me, Cast it to the potter [as if He said, To the dogs!]--the munificently [miserable] sum at which I [and My shepherd] am priced by them! And I [Zechariah] took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 11:12)

Darby English Version
And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty silver-pieces, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.

Good News Bible
The LORD said to me, "Put them in the Temple treasury." So I took the thirty pieces of silver---the magnificent sum they thought I was worth---and put them in the Temple treasury.

King James Version
And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter, {that} magnificent price at which I was valued by them. So I took the thirty {shekels} of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD."

New International Version
And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter"-the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD to the potter.

New King James Version
And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD for the potter.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which they valued me." So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said to me, "Cast it into the treasury" --the lordly price at which I was paid off by them. So I took the thirty shekels of silver and cast them into the treasury in the house of the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me, `Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty silverlings, and cast them `to' the house of Jehovah, unto the potter.

New English Translation
The Lord then said to me, “Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum¹ at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter² at the temple³ of the Lord.

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