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Zechariah 11:13

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.

KJV

Et dixit Dominus ad me : Projice illud ad statuarium, decorum pretium quo appretiatus sum ab eis. Et tuli triginta argenteos, et projeci illos in domum Domini, ad statuarium.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς μέ Κάθες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ χωνευτήριον, καὶ σκέψομαι εἰ δόκιμόν ἐστιν, ὃν τρόπον ἐδοκιμάσθη ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν. καὶ ἔλαβον τοὺς τριάκοντα ἀργυροῦς καὶ ἐνέβαλον αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου εἰς τὸ χωνευτήριον.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗/י הַשְׁלִיכֵ֨/הוּ֙ אֶל הַ/יּוֹצֵ֔ר אֶ֣דֶר הַ/יְקָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָקַ֖רְתִּי מֵֽ/עֲלֵי/הֶ֑ם וָֽ/אֶקְחָ/ה֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים הַ/כֶּ֔סֶף וָ/אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ אֹת֛/וֹ בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה אֶל הַ/יּוֹצֵֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֖דֶר
'dr
noun · 2×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
וֹ
v
verb · 63×
וֹ
v
noun · 16×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּיקַ֥ר
yyqr
verb · 11×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
shlshym
adjective · 174×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Matt 27:9 · adapted
    "Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;"
    Zechariah: thirty pieces of silver — attributed to Jeremiah, adapted

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 1:18 — Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
  • Gen 25:34 — Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
  • Mark 9:12 — And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
  • Matt 27:3 — Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
  • Matt 27:10 — And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.