Zechariah 11:12 BSB

Zechariah 11:12

Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

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ASV

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.

KJV

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And I said unto them, If ye think good,.... Not to the poor of the flock that waited on him, and knew the word of the Lord, and valued it; but to the other Jews that despised Christ and his Gospel: give me my price; or, "give my price" (i); what I am valued at by you, to Judas the betrayer: or the price due unto him for feeding the flock, such as faith in him, love to him, reverence and worship of him. So the Targum paraphrases it, "do my will".

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Weighed - Which was the manner of paying money in those days. Thirty pieces - Which amounts to thirty-seven shillings and six- pence, the value of the life of a slave, Exod. xxi, 32. This was fulfilled when they paid Judas Iscariot so much to betray Christ.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thirty pieces of silver was the very sum for which Christ was sold to the chief priests; the money, when Judas would not keep it, and the chief priests would not take it back was laid out in the purchase of the potter's field. Even that sudden resolve of the chief priests was according to an ancient prophecy and the more ancient counsel and foreknowledge of God.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He speaks as their "servant," which He was to them in order to fulfil the Father's will (Php 2:7). if not, forbear--They withheld that which He sought as His only reward, their love; yet He will not force them, but leave His cause with God (Isa 49:4, 5). Compare the type Jacob cheated of his wages by Laban, but leaving his cause in the hands of God (Ge 31:41, 42).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֹמַ֣ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
ט֧וֹב	Tov	it is good	H2895 →
בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֛ם	be.'ei.nei.Khem	in view your	H5869 →
הָב֥וּ	ha.Vu	give	H3051 →
שְׂכָרִ֖י	se.kha.Ri	wage[s] my	H7939 →
וְאִם־	ve.'im-	and if	H518 →
לֹ֣א׀	lo'	not	H3808 →
חֲדָ֑לוּ	cha.Da.lu	refrain	H2308 →
וַיִּשְׁקְל֥וּ	vai.yish.ke.Lu	and they weighed out	H8254 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׂכָרִ֖י	se.kha.Ri	wage[s] my	H7939 →
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים	she.lo.Shim	thirty	H7970 →
כָּֽסֶף׃	Ka.sef	silver	H3701 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H7939sekhariwage[s] my28×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 26:15
and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
leads to
- Zechariah 11:12–13
  Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 37:26–28
  Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
- Exodus 21:32
  If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
- 2 Peter 2:3
  In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Through
Exodus 21:32
If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
leads to
- Matthew 26:15
  and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 27:3–9
  When 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.
- Genesis 37:28
  So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
- Philippians 2:7
  but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

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06About Zechariah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Zechariah