Zechariah 13:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
Each will say, 'I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.'

New Living Translation
He will say, ‘I’m no prophet; I’m a farmer. I began working for a farmer as a boy.’

English Standard Version
but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’

Berean Study Bible
He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’

New American Standard Bible
but he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a cultivator of the ground, because a man sold me as a slave in my youth.’

NASB 1995
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.'

NASB 1977
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.’

Amplified Bible
but he will [deny his identity and] say, ‘I am no prophet. I work the ground, because a man sold me as a slave in my youth.’

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.’

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.

Contemporary English Version
Instead, they will say, "I'm no prophet. I've been a farmer all my life."

Good News Translation
Instead, he will say, 'I am not a prophet. I am a farmer--I have farmed the land all my life.'

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.'

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.'
Classic Translations
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.

New King James Version
But he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.’

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.

New Heart English Bible
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.'

World English Bible
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.'

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

American Standard Version
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.

A Faithful Version
But he shall say, 'I am no prophet; I am a man, a tiller of the ground; for a man taught me to be a servant from my youth. '

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

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But he shall say, I am no Prophet: I am an husbandman: for man taught me to be an heardman from my youth vp.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
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.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And saying, I am not a prophet; I a man working the land; for man sold me from my youth.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my ex- ample from my youth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But he will say, “I am not a prophet; I am a man of agriculture. For Adam has been my example from my youth.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he shall say: ”I have not been a Prophet, but I am a man who cultivates the land, and a son of man made me zealous from my youth!”

Lamsa Bible
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a farmer; and a man made me zealous to prophesy from my youth.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.
















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