Zechariah 13:5

He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth. ’

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

World English Bible

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.’

American Standard Version

but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.

Geneva Bible 1599

But he shall say, I am no Prophet: I am an husbandman: for man taught me to be an heardman from my youth vp.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And [one] hath said, 'I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground [is] my possession from my youth.'

Bible in Basic English

But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

In context

4And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

6If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest ?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

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