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.


In Context

5 but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'

6 One will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

7 |Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,| says Yahweh of Armies. |Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

8 It 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.

9 I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8And 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.

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 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.