Verse List for ZEC 13:5

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OET (OET-RV) and they’ll each say, ‘I’m not a prophet. I’m a man who works the soil—I’ve been doing that since I was young.’

OET-LV And_saying(ms) not am_a _prophet I am_a _man who_tills ground I if/because someone he_sold _me since_youth(s)_of_my.

ULT And he will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a man working the ground, for a man has owned me from my youth.’

UST Instead, each one will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; a man sold me to this land’s owner when I was young.’

BSB & MSB He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.[fn]’

OEB Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet, ⇔ a tiller of the ground am I, for the ground is my possession from my youth.’

WEBBE & WMBB 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.’

NET Instead he will say, ‘I am no prophet – indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’

LSV And [one] has said, I am not a prophet,
A man—I am a tiller of ground,
For ground [is] my possession from my youth.

FBV They will say, “I'm not a prophet, I'm a farmer. I've worked on the land since I was a child.”

T4T So each of them will say, ‘I am not really a prophet; I am a farmer, and I have been a farmer on my land ever since I was a boy!’

LEB but he will say, “I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the soil, for a man has acquired me since my youth.”[fn]

BBE But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

Moff he will say, “I am no prophet, I am a peasant, the land has been my business from my youth.”

JPS but he shall say: 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.'

ASV but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.

DRA But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my example from my youth.

YLT And [one] hath said, 'I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground [is] my possession from my youth.'

Drby And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me [as bondman] from my youth.

RV but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.

SLT And saying, I am not a prophet; I a man working the land; for man sold me from my youth.

Wbstr But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

KJB-1769 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

KJB-1611 But he shal say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman: for man taught me to keepe cattell from my youth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps But he shalbe fayne to say, I am no prophete, I am an husbandman: for so am I taught by man from my youth vp.
(But he shall be gladly to say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman: for so am I taught by man from my youth up.)

Gnva But he shall say, I am no Prophet: I am an husbandman: for man taught me to be an heardman from my youth vp.
(But he shall say, I am no Prophet: I am an husbandman: for man taught me to be an herdsman from my youth up.)

Cvdl But he shall be fayne to saye: I am no prophet: I am an husbonde man, for so am I taught by Adam fro my youth vp.
(But he shall be gladly to say: I am no prophet: I am an husbonde man, for so am I taught by Adam from my youth up.)

Wycl but `thei schulen seie, Y am not a profete; Y am a man `erthe tiliere, for Adam is myn ensaumple fro my yongthe.
(but they should say, I am not a prophet; I am a man earth tiliere, for Adam is mine ensample/example from my youth.)

Luth sondern wird müssen sagen: Ich bin kein Prophet, sondern ein Ackermann, denn ich habe Menschen gedienet von meiner Jugend auf.
(rather becomes must say: I am no/not Prophet, rather a farmer, because/than I have people served from mine youth on/in/to.)

ClVg sed dicet: Non sum propheta: homo agricola ego sum, quoniam Adam exemplum meum ab adolescentia mea.
(but he_will_say: Not/No I_am a_prophet: man farmer I I_am, since/because Adam example mine away adolescence my.)

UHB וְ⁠אָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי אִישׁ־עֹבֵ֤ד אֲדָמָה֙ אָנֹ֔כִי כִּ֥י אָדָ֖ם הִקְנַ֥⁠נִי מִ⁠נְּעוּרָֽ⁠י׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐρεῖ, οὐκ εἰμὶ προφήτης ἐγὼ, διότι ἄνθρωπος ἐργαζόμενος τὴν γῆν ἐγώ εἰμι, ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ἐγέννησέ με ἐκ νεότητός μου.

BrTr And one shall say, I am not a prophet, for I am a tiller of the ground, for a man brought me up thus from my youth.