King James Version

Zechariah 13:5

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

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וְאָמַ֕רveamarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, a completed action in a sequenceH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נָבִ֖יאnaviprophetנָבִיאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “prophet”, the ordinary formH5030a prophet or (generally) inspired manprophecy, that prophesy, prophet.אָנֹ֑כִיanokhimeאָנֹכִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.אִישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…עֹבֵ֤דovedkeep in bondageעָבַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “keep in bondage”, a verb used as a describing wordH5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er)…אֲדָמָה֙adamahcountryאֲדָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “country”, the ordinary formH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.אָנֹ֔כִיanokhimeאָנֹכִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אָדָ֖םadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.הִקְנַ֥נִיhiqnanipurchaseקָנָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “purchase”, a completed actionH7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to ownattain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.מִנְּעוּרָֽיminurayfrom youthנָעוּרpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from youth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5271(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)childhood, youth.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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.'

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.’

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.

Douay-Rheims

But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my example from my youth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And one shall say, I am not a prophet, for I am a tiller of the ground, for a man brought me up thus from my youth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐρεῖ, οὐκ εἰμὶ προφήτης ἐγὼ, διότι ἄνθρωπος ἐργαζόμενος τὴν γῆν ἐγώ εἰμι, ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ἐγέννησέ με ἐκ νεότητός μου.