Zechariah 11:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye. His arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be totally blinded.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye. May his arm wither completely, and his right eye become totally blind.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Woe{H1945} to the worthless{H457} shepherd{H7473} that leaveth{H5800} the flock!{H6629} the sword{H2719} shall be upon his arm,{H2220} and upon his right{H3225} eye:{H5869} his arm{H2220} shall be clean{H3001} dried up,{H3001} and his right{H3225} eye{H5869} shall be utterly{H3543} darkened.{H3543}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Woe{H1945} to the idol{H457} shepherd{H7473} that leaveth{H5800}{(H8802)} the flock{H6629}! the sword{H2719} shall be upon his arm{H2220}, and upon his right{H3225} eye{H5869}: his arm{H2220} shall be clean{H3001}{(H8800)} dried up{H3001}{(H8799)}, and his right{H3225} eye{H5869} shall be utterly{H3543}{(H8800)} darkened{H3543}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    O Idols shepherde, that leaueth the flocke. The swerde shal come vpon his arme and vpon his right eye. His arme shalbe clene dried vp, and his right eye shalbe sore blynded.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    O idole shepheard that leaueth the flocke: the sword shalbe vpon his arme, & vpon his right eye. His arme shall be cleane dryed vp, and his right eye shall be vtterly darkened.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    O idol shepheard that leaueth the flocke, the sworde shall come vpon his arme, and vpon his right eye: his arme shalbe cleane dryed vp, and his right eye shalbe sore blynded.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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!'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Woe to the worthless 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Woe to the worthless 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither completely away, and his right eye become completely blind!”

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 23:1 : 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.
  • Jer 23:32 : 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, says the LORD, and who tell them and cause my people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the LORD.
  • Jer 50:35-37 : 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall turn foolish: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mixed people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become like women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
  • Ezek 13:3 : 3 Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
  • Ezek 34:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
  • Isa 42:19-20 : 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant? 20 Seeing many things, but you do not observe; opening the ears, but he does not hear.
  • Isa 44:10 : 10 Who has formed a god, or cast a carved image that is profitable for nothing?
  • Jer 22:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there,
  • Hos 4:5-7 : 5 Therefore you shall fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being a priest to me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. 7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: therefore I will turn their glory into shame.
  • Amos 8:9-9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight: 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all waists, and baldness upon every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
  • Mic 3:6-7 : 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Matt 23:16 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated!
  • Luke 11:42-52 : 42 But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every kind of herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 43 Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets. 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them. 45 Then one of the lawyers answered and said to him, Teacher, by saying this you reproach us also. 46 And he said, Woe to you also, lawyers! for you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute: 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple: truly I say to you, It shall be required of this generation. 52 Woe to you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.
  • John 9:39 : 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might be made blind.
  • John 10:12-13 : 12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.
  • John 12:40 : 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them.
  • Rom 11:7 : 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Therefore, concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
  • 1 Cor 10:19-20 : 19 What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
  • Ezek 30:21-24 : 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it will not be bound up to be healed, to wrap with a bandage, to become strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong and the broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries. 24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
  • 1 Sam 2:31 : 31 Behold, the days are coming, that I will cut off your strength, and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
  • 1 Kgs 13:4 : 4 And it came to pass, when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, Seize him. And his hand, which he stretched out against him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself.
  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive. 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and healed.
  • Isa 9:15 : 15 The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has He covered.

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    1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

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