8And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.


In Context

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

6 And one shall say unto him, What are those wounds in thy hands? And he will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, even against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

8 And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

9 And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Zechariah 13:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:8And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:8In the whole land," declares the Lord , "two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:8And there shall be in all the earth, saith the Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered, and shall perish: but the third part shall be left therein.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:8And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:8And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8It shall happen that in all the land,| says Yahweh, |two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8And it hath come to pass, In all the land, an affirmation of Jehovah, Two parts in it are cut off — they expire, And the third is left in it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:8And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, said the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.