Loading…

Zechariah 13:4–5

“On that day oevery prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, but he will say, p‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’1

Read more Explain verse



Zechariah 13:4–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment of hair in order to deceive. Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.’

Zechariah 13:4–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And it shall come to pass in that day,

That the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied;

Neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman;

For man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

Zechariah 13:4–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“On that day people will be ashamed to claim the prophetic gift. No one will pretend to be a prophet by wearing prophet’s clothes. He will say, ‘I’m no prophet; I’m a farmer. I began working for a farmer as a boy.’

Zechariah 13:4–5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive. But he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.’

Zechariah 13:4–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

“At that time the prophets will be ashamed of their visions and prophecies. They won’t wear the prophet’s clothes made of hair to trick people. Each of them will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer and have been a farmer since I was young.’

Zechariah 13:4–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive: 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.

Zechariah 13:4–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive. And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me as bondman from my youth.

Zechariah 13:4–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He won’t deceive people by dressing ⸤like a prophet⸥ in a coat made of hair. He will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I’m a farmer. I’ve owned this land since I was a child.’ 

Zechariah 13:4–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive. He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth.

Zechariah 13:4–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

On that day the prophets will be ashamed, every one, of their visions when they prophesy; they will not put on a hairy mantle in order to deceive, but each of them will say, “I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the soil; for the land has been my possession since my youth.”

Zechariah 13:4–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And then on that day, each of the prophets will be ashamed because of his vision when he was prophesying, and they will not put on a cloak of hair in order to deceive, but he will say, “I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the soil, for a man has acquired me since my youth.”

Zechariah 13:4–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“At that time every prophet will be ashamed of his vision. He will no longer pretend to be a true prophet. He will not put on clothes that are made out of hair in order to trick people. In fact, he will say, ‘I’m not really a prophet. I’m a farmer. I’ve farmed the land since I was young.’

Zechariah 13:4–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive;

but he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.’


A service of Logos Bible Software