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Zechariah 13:5

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

KJV

sed dicet : Non sum propheta : homo agricola ego sum, quoniam Adam exemplum meum ab adolescentia mea.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐρεῖ Οὐκ εἰμὶ προφήτης ἐγώ, διότι ἄνθρωπος ἐργαζόμενος τὴν γῆν ἐγώ εἰμι, ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ἐγέννησέν με ἐκ νεότητός μου.

LXX

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

וְ/אָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי אִישׁ עֹבֵ֤ד אֲדָמָה֙ אָנֹ֔כִי כִּ֥י אָדָ֖ם הִקְנַ֥/נִי מִ/נְּעוּרָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
י
y
noun · 46×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 287×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
קְנֵ֣ה
qnh
verb · 86×

Historic Christian voices

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

§19“If you see charity, you see the Trinity”, wrote Saint Augustine.[11] In the foregoing reflections, we have been able to focus our attention on the Pierced one (cf. Jn 19:37, Zech 12:10), recognizing the plan of the Father who, moved by love (cf. Jn 3:16), sent his only-begotten Son into the world to redeem man. By dying on the Cross—as Saint John tells us—Jesus “gave up his Sp…

Cross-references

  • Amos 7:14 — Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
  • Amos 7:14 — Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: