But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
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.
WEB
He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
YLT
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.'
DBT
And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me [as bondman] from my youth.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentZechariah — Contemporary of Haggai — but longer, stranger, and more explicitly Messianic. Eight night visions, a royal-priestly crown, Zion's king riding on a donkey, and the pierced one they shall look upon.
- Author
- Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo (1:1) — priest and prophet of the return
- Date
- Began 520 BC, contemporary with Haggai; later oracles (ch. 9–14) may date to the later 5th c. BC