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Zechariah 11:13

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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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413 →
הַשְׁלִיכֵ֙הוּ֙hash.li.Khe.huthrow itH7993 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַיּוֹצֵ֔רhai.yo.Tzerthe potterH3335 →
אֶ֣דֶר'E.der[the] magnificence ofH145 →
הַיְקָ֔רhay.Karthe valueH3366 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
יָקַ֖רְתִּיya.Kar.tiI was valuedH3365 →
מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֑םme.'a.lei.Hemfrom <the> with themH5921 →
וָֽאֶקְחָה֙va.'ek.Chahand I took !H3947 →
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970 →
הַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sefthe silverH3701 →
וָאַשְׁלִ֥יךְva.'ash.Likhand I threwH7993 →
אֹת֛וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853 →
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַיּוֹצֵֽר׃hai.yo.Tzerthe potterH3335 →

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Matthew 27:3–10When 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.Matthew 27:10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”Acts 1:18–19(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.Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.Mark 9:12He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?Isaiah 53:2–3He 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.Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’Isaiah 54:7–10“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.Matthew 27:12And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.

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