¹²And I said to them, “If it seems right to you,^o give me my wages, but if not, keep them.”^p And they weighed out my wages, thirty silver shekels. ¹³And Yahweh said to me, “Throw it to the potter,”^q this noble price^r at which I was valued by them!” So I took the thirty silver shekels and I threw them to the potter^s in the house of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

oLiterally “it is good in your eyes”
pLiterally “refrain”
qSyriac reads “treasury,” followed by NAB, NRSV, TEV
rLiterally “the price of honor”
sSyriac reads “treasury,” followed by NAB, NRSV, TEV

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver. Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord, to the potter.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

“Throw it to the potter,” the Lord said to me—this magnificent price I was valued by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw it into the house of the Lord, to the potter.

NLTNew Living Translation

And I said to them, “If you like, give me my wages, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to.” So they counted out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the Lord.

KJV 1900King James Version

And 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. And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

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