8In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them


In Context

5 Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Praise the Lord , I am rich!' Their own shepherds do not spare them.

6 For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land," declares the Lord . "I will hand everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will oppress the land, and I will not rescue them from their hands."

7 So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

8 In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them

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.

Zechariah 11:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:8And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:8And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:8And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:8And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.