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Zechariah 11

17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
Open thy doors , O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, And fire doth devour among thy cedars.
Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen ; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan ; for the forest of the vintage is come down .
Howl, O fir , for fallen hath the cedar, For their honourable ones were destroyed, Howl, ye oaks of Bashan , For come down hath the fenced forest,
There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds ; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions ; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled .
A voice of the howling of the shepherds ! For destroyed was their robe of honour, A voice of the roaring of young lions ! For destroyed was the excellency of Jordan.
Thus saith the LORD my God ; Feed the flock of the slaughter ;
Thus said Jehovah my God : ` Feed the flock of the slaughter ,
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty : and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich : and their own shepherds pity them not .
Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty , And their sellers say, Blessed `is' Jehovah, And I am rich , And their shepherds have no pity on them.
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but , lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king : and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them .
For I have pity no more on inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah , And lo, I am causing man to come forth, Each into the hand of his neighbour , And into the hand of his king , And they have beaten down the land, And I do not deliver out of their hand. '
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock . And I took unto me two staves ; the one I called Beauty , and the other I called Bands ; and I fed the flock.
And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock ; and I take to me two staves , the one I have called Pleasantness , and the other I have called Bands , and I feed the flock.
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month ; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month , and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.
Then said I, I will not feed you : that that dieth , let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another .
And I say , ` I do not feed you, the dying, let die; and the cut off, let be cut off; and the remaining ones, let each eat the flesh of its neighbour . '
And I took my staff , even Beauty , and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
And I take My staff Pleasantness , and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples:
And it was broken in that day : and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD .
and it is broken in that day , and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me , that it `is' a word of Jehovah .
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 I say unto them : ` If good in your eyes , give my hire, and if not, forbear ;' and they weigh out my hire -- thirty silverlings .
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 .
And Jehovah saith unto me, ` Cast it unto the potter ;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them , and I take the thirty silverlings , and cast them ` to ' the house of Jehovah, unto the potter .
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.
And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
And Jehovah saith unto me, `Again take to thee the instrument of a foolish shepherd.
For , lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one , nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces .
For lo, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, The cut off he doth not inspect , The shaken off he doth not seek , And the broken he doth not heal , The standing he doth not sustain, And the flesh of the fat he doth eat , And their hoofs he doth break off .
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock ! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye : his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Wo ` to ' the worthless shepherd , forsaking the flock , A sword `is' on his arm, and on his right eye , His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!'

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