Zechariah 13:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My companion, declares the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֶ֗רֶב עוּרִ֤י עַל־רֹעִי֙ וְעַל־גֶּ֣בֶר עֲמִיתִ֔י נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת הַ֤ךְ אֶת־הָֽרֹעֶה֙ וּתְפוּצֶ֣יןָ הַצֹּ֔אן וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י יָדִ֖י עַל־הַצֹּעֲרִֽים׃

Transliteration

ḥereḇ 'ûrî against-rō'î and against-geḇer 'ămîṯî, nə'um YHWH ṣəḇā'ôṯ; haḵ 'eṯ-hārō'eh and ṯəp̄ûṣeynā haṣṣō'n, and hăšiḇōṯî yāḏî against-haṣṣō'ărîm.

Grammar Details

• *ḥereḇ*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - sword
• *'ûrî*: verb, qal imperative, feminine singular - awake/rouse yourself
• *rō'î*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my shepherd
• *geḇer*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - man
• *'ămîṯî*: noun, masculine, singular construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my companion/my associate
• *nə'um*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - declaration of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ṣəḇā'ôṯ*: noun, feminine, plural - hosts/armies
• *haḵ*: verb, hiphil imperative, masculine singular - strike
• *hārō'eh*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the shepherd
• *ṯəp̄ûṣeynā*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will be scattered
• *haṣṣō'n*: noun, common singular with definite article - the flock/the sheep
• *hăšiḇōṯî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular with waw consecutive - and I will turn/and I will bring back
• *yāḏî*: noun, feminine, singular construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my hand
• *haṣṣō'ărîm*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - the little ones/the young ones

Word Meanings

• *'ûrî*: awake/arise/rouse yourself
• *rō'î*: my shepherd/my pastor/my herdsman
• *'ămîṯî*: my companion/my associate/my fellow/my neighbor
• *haḵ*: strike/smite/attack
• *ṯəp̄ûṣeynā*: they will be scattered/they will disperse/they will be spread abroad
• *haṣṣō'ărîm*: the little ones/the humble ones/the young ones/the insignificant ones

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Awake,{H5782} O sword,{H2719} against my shepherd,{H7462} and against the man{H1397} that is my fellow,{H5997} saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} smite{H5221} the shepherd,{H7462} and the sheep{H6629} shall be scattered;{H6327} and I will turn{H7725} my hand{H3027} upon the little ones.{H6819}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Awake{H5782}{(H8798)}, O sword{H2719}, against my shepherd{H7462}{(H8802)}, and against the man{H1397} that is my fellow{H5997}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}: smite{H5221}{(H8685)} the shepherd{H7462}{(H8802)}, and the sheep{H6629} shall be scattered{H6327}{(H8799)}: and I will turn{H7725}{(H8689)} mine hand{H3027} upon the little ones{H6819}{(H8802)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Arise (o thou swearde) vpon my shepherde, and vpon the prynce of my people, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes: Smyte the shepherde and the shepe shalbe scatred abrode, and so will I turne myne honde to the litle ones.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Arise, O sword, vpon my shepheard, and vpon the man, that is my fellow, sayth the Lord of hostes: smite the shepheard, and the sheepe shall be scattered: and I will turne mine hand vpon the litle ones.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Aryse O thou sworde vpon my shephearde, and vpon the man that is my felow, saith the lord of hoastes: smite the shepheard, & the sheepe shalbe scattred abroade: and so wyll I turne my hande to the litle ones.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, And against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; And I will turn my hand against the little ones.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero -- My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Armies. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 14:27 : 27 Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
• Matt 26:31 : 31 Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of Me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
• Zech 11:7 : 7 So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs—one I called Favor and the other Union—and I shepherded the flock.
• Ezek 37:24 : 24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My laws and carefully obey My decrees.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch. He will reign as king, act wisely, and execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
• Jer 47:6 : 6 'Ah, sword of the LORD!' How long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!
• Mic 5:2 : 2 Therefore, he will give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth, and the rest of his brothers will return to join the children of Israel.
• Mic 5:4 : 4 And he will be their peace. When Assyria invades our land and marches through our fortresses, we will raise up against them seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.
• Zech 11:4 : 4 This is what the LORD my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.’
• Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been committed to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
• Mark 14:50 : 50 Then everyone deserted him and fled.
• John 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
• John 10:30 : 30 I and the Father are one.
• John 16:32 : 32 'Look, the hour is coming—in fact, it has already arrived—when you will be scattered, each to your own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.'
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Rom 4:25 : 25 He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.
• Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the One who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
• Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 I will place over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24 I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.
• Ezek 21:4-5 : 4 All human beings will see that I, the LORD, have ignited it, and it will not be put out. 5 Then I said, 'Alas, Sovereign LORD! They are saying of me, "Is he not just speaking in riddles?"'
• Isa 9:6 : 6 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
• Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. 25 Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the Prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a moat, but in difficult times. 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war.
• Isa 53:4-9 : 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds, we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment, he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people, he was punished. 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. When you make his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
• Hos 12:3-5 : 3 The LORD has a charge against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him for his deeds. 4 In the womb, he grasped his brother’s heel; and in his strength, he struggled with God. 5 He struggled with the angel and prevailed. He wept and pleaded for favor. He found Him at Bethel, and there He spoke with us.
• Zech 11:11 : 11 So it was broken on that day, and the oppressed of the flock who were watching me understood that this was the word of the LORD.
• Matt 1:23 : 23 'Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel' (which means, 'God with us').
• Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—truly I tell you, he will by no means lose his reward.
• Isa 27:1 : 1 On that day, the LORD will punish with his fierce, great, and strong sword Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, Leviathan, the twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that is in the sea.
• Deut 32:41-42 : 41 when I sharpen My flashing sword and My hand takes hold of judgment, I will bring vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword will devour flesh, the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.
• Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.
• Ezek 21:9-9 : 9 Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will go out from its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north. 10 All humanity will know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword from its sheath, and it will not return again.
• Ezek 21:28 : 28 And to them it will seem like a false divination in their eyes, because they have taken oaths of allegiance. But he will remind them of their guilt and seize them.
• John 10:38 : 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
• John 14:1 : 1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
• John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'
• John 3:14-17 : 14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
• John 5:17-18 : 17 But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.' 18 Because of this, the Jews were all the more determined to kill Him, not only because He was breaking the Sabbath, but also because He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
• John 5:23 : 23 'So that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.'
• John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.
• John 10:10-18 : 10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them. 13 The hired worker runs away because he is a hired worker and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me. 15 Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd. 17 The Father loves me because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
• Luke 17:2 : 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
• Matt 18:10 : 10 See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
• Matt 18:14 : 14 In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that any of these little ones should perish.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
• Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said, 'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last,
• Rev 2:23 : 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.
• Rev 21:6 : 6 And He said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty, I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.'
• Rev 22:13-16 : 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. 14 Blessed are those who keep His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to these things for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
• 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
• 1 Pet 1:18-20 : 18 For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life, inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
• 1 Pet 2:24-25 : 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed. 25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
• Rom 5:6-9 : 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person, though perhaps for a good person one might dare even to die. 8 But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, since we have now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
• Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.'
• Phil 2:6 : 6 Who, being in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
• Col 1:15-20 : 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything He might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross.
• Heb 1:6-9 : 6 And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says, 'Let all God's angels worship Him.' 7 In speaking of the angels, He says, 'He makes His angels winds, and His servants flames of fire.' 8 But about the Son He says, 'Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness will be the scepter of Your kingdom.' 9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy beyond Your companions. 10 'In the beginning, Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.' 11 'They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.' 12 'You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.'
• Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me. 6 You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'" 8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law— 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• John 17:21-23 : 21 That all of them may be one, just as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. 22 I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one. 23 I in them and You in Me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.
• John 18:8-9 : 8 Jesus answered, 'I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.' 9 This was to fulfill the words he had spoken: 'I have not lost one of those you gave me.'
• Acts 2:23 : 23 He was delivered up by God’s determined plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
• Acts 4:26-28 : 26 'The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.' 27 'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.' 28 'They did what your hand and will had predestined to take place.'
• Rom 3:24-26 : 24 And all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins previously committed. 26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
• Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
• John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered, 'If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.'
• John 16:15 : 15 Everything that the Father has is mine. This is why I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
• John 14:9-9 : 9 Jesus said to him, 'Philip, have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?' 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, the Father who dwells in me does his work. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the works themselves.