Zechariah 13:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
but he will say,וְאָמַ֕ר
(ve·'a·mar)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
I am not a prophet;נָבִ֖יא
(na·vi)
5030: a spokesman, speaker, prophetfrom an unused word
I am a tillerאִישׁ־
(ish-)
376: manfrom an unused word
of the ground,אֲדָמָה֙
(a·da·mah)
127: ground, landfrom the same as adam
for a manאָדָ֖ם
(a·dam)
120: man, mankindfrom an unused word
soldהִקְנַ֥נִי
(hik·na·ni)
7069: to get, acquirea prim. root
me as a slave in my youth.'מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃
(min·ne·'u·rai.)
5271: youth, early lifefrom the same as naar


















KJV Lexicon
But he shall say
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
I am no prophet
nabiy'  (naw-bee')
a prophet or (generally) inspired man -- prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
I am an husbandman
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
`abad  (aw-bad')
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
'adamah  (ad-aw-maw')
soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
for man
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
taught me to keep cattle
qanah  (kaw-naw')
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
from my youth
na`uwr  (naw-oor')
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people) -- childhood, youth.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
but he will say, 'I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.'

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth.

International Standard Version
"He will say, 'I am no mere prophet. A servant of mankind am I, because a man dedicated to this have I been from my youth.'

NET Bible
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.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will say, 'I am not a prophet. I'm a farmer. I've owned this land since I was a child.'

King James 2000 Bible
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
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