Zechariah 11:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.”

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BSBPD

“And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jehovah saith unto me, `Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty silverlings, and cast them <FI>to<Fi> the house of Jehovah, unto the potter.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zechariah 11:13 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
  2. Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
  3. Matthew 27:3When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
  4. Matthew 27:10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”
  5. Matthew 27:12And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.
  6. Acts 1:18(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
  7. Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

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