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Zechariah 13:5

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But they’ll deny they’ve even heard of such things: ‘Me, a prophet? Not me. I’m a farmer—grew up on the farm.’

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

He will say, ‘I’m no prophet; I’m a farmer. I began working for a farmer as a boy.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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

For man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.