12I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.


In Context

9 and said, "I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another's flesh."

10 Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

11 It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the Lord .

12 I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the Lord said to me, "Throw it to the potter"-the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord to the potter.

14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Zechariah 11:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And I said to them: If it be good in your eyes, bring hither my wages: and if not, be quiet. And they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. And they weighed for my hire thirty silver-pieces.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12And I said to them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12I said to them, |If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.| So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:12And I say unto them: 'If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire — thirty silverlings.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:12And I said to them, If you think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.