Zechariah 12:13

Easy-to-Read Version

The men in Levi's family will cry by themselves, and their wives will cry by themselves. The men in Simeon's family will cry by themselves, and their wives will cry by themselves.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the family of Levi’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself and their women by themselves;

Hebrew Names Version
the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shim`i apart, and their wives apart;

King James Version (1611)
The familie of the house of Leui apart, and their wiues apart: the familie of Shimei apart, and their wiues apart:

King James Version
The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

English Standard Version
the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves;

New American Standard Bible
the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves;

New Century Version
the family of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves, the family of Shimei by itself and their wives by themselves,

Amplified Bible
the [priestly] family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei [grandson of Levi] by itself and their wives by themselves;

Geneva Bible (1587)
The familie of the house of Leui apart, and their wiues apart: the familie of Shemei apart, and their wiues apart:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves;

Legacy Standard Bible
the family of the house of Levi alone and their wives alone; the family of the Shimeites alone and their wives alone;

Berean Standard Bible
the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,

Contemporary English Version
Levi, Shimei,

Complete Jewish Bible
the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shim‘i by itself, and their wives by themselves;

Darby Translation
the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

George Lamsa Translation
The family of the house of Levi together, and their wives together; and the family of the house of Simeon together, and their wives together;

Lexham English Bible
the clan of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the clan of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves;

Literal Translation
the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

American Standard Version
the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

Bible in Basic English
The family of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The kindred of the house of Leui them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues: the kindred of the house of Semei them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Symeon by itself, and their wives by themselves;

English Revised Version
the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

World English Bible
the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
meynees of the hous of Nathan bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf; meynees of the hous of Leuy bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf; meynees of Semei bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf.

Update Bible Version
the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

Webster's Bible Translation
The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

New English Translation
the clan of the descendants of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; and the clan of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves—

New King James Version
the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself, and their wives by themselves;

New Living Translation
the clan of Levi, and the clan of Shimei.

New Life Bible
The family of Levi and their wives will cry in sorrow, and the family of the Shimeites and their wives,

New Revised Standard
the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The family of the house of Levi, apart, and their wives apart, the family of Shimei, apart, - and their wives apart:

Douay-Rheims Bible
The families of the house of Nathan apart, and their women apart: the families of the house of Levi apart, and their women apart: the families of Semei apart, and their women apart.

Revised Standard Version
the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shim'e-ites by itself, and their wives by themselves;

Young's Literal Translation
The family of the house of Levi apart, And their women apart; The family of Shimei apart, And their women apart,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The kynred off the house of Nathan them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues: The kynred off the house of Leui the selues alone, and their wiues by them selues: The kynred of the house of Semei them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues:

Contextual Overview

⁹ The Lord says, "At that time I will destroy the nations that came to fight against Jerusalem. ¹⁰ I will fill David's family and the people living in Jerusalem with a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look to me, the one they stabbed, and they will be very sad. They will be as sad as someone crying over the death of their only son, as sad as someone crying over the death of their firstborn son. ¹¹ There will be a time of great sadness and crying in Jerusalem. It will be like the time people cry over the death of Hadad Rimmon in Megiddo Valley. ¹² Each and every family will cry by itself. The men in David's family will cry by themselves, and their wives will cry by themselves. The men in Nathan's family will cry by themselves, and their wives will cry by themselves. ¹³ The men in Levi's family will cry by themselves, and their wives will cry by themselves. The men in Simeon's family will cry by themselves, and their wives will cry by themselves. ¹⁴ And the same thing will happen in all the other tribes. The men and women will cry by themselves."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Levi: Exodus 6:16-26, Numbers 3:1 - Numbers 4:49, Malachi 2:4-9

Shimei: or, Simeon, as LXX, 2 Samuel 16:5, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Chronicles 3:19, 1 Chronicles 4:27, 1 Chronicles 23:7, 1 Chronicles 23:10, 2 Chronicles 29:14

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 4:18 - Shimei

Cross-References

Genesis 11:29
Abram and Nahor both married. Abram's wife was named Sarai. Nahor's wife was named Milcah. Milcah was the daughter of Haran. Haran was the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you. I will use you to bless all the people on earth."

Genesis 12:5
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the slaves, and all the other things he had gotten in Haran. Then he and his group moved to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as the town of Shechem and then to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

Genesis 12:8
Then he left that place and traveled to the mountains east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built another altar at that place to honor the Lord , and he worshiped the Lord there.

Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptian men see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife.' Then they will kill me and keep you alive because they want you.

Genesis 12:13
So tell them that you are my sister. Then they will be good to me because of you. In this way you will save my life."

Genesis 20:2
Abraham told people that Sarah was his sister. King Abimelech of Gerar heard this. Abimelech wanted Sarah, so he sent some servants to take her.

Genesis 20:5
Abraham himself told me, ‘This woman is my sister,' and she also said, ‘This man is my brother.' I am innocent. I did not know what I was doing."

Genesis 26:7
His wife Rebekah was very beautiful. The men of that place asked Isaac about Rebekah. He said, "She is my sister." He was afraid to tell them Rebekah was his wife. He was afraid the men would kill him so that they could have her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart,.... Because of the contempt of the priestly office of Christ, which theirs prefigured, and was abolished by him; because of their trampling upon his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice:

the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; not of Shimea the son of David, 1 Chronicles 3:5 as Jarchi thinks, for his family is comprehended in the family of David; nor of Shimei the son of Merari, and grandson of Levi, 1 Chronicles 6:16, for the same reason: some think that, by way of prophecy, the family of Semei, mentioned among the progenitors of Christ, Luke 3:26, is intended; and others have thought of Shammai, a famous Misnic doctor in the times of Christ, whose disciples were called the house or family of Shammai, of which frequent mention is made in the Misna and Talmud: but the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read "the family of Simeon"; mentioned together with Levi, as brethren in iniquity, and now mourn for the common concern they had in the crucifixion of Christ, and their refusal of him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This sorrow should be universal but also individual, the whole land, and that, family by family; the royal family in the direct line of its kings, and in a branch from Nathan, a son of David and whole brother of Solomon 1 Chronicles 3:5, which was continued on in private life yet was still to be an ancestral line of Jesus Luke 3:31 : in like way the main priestly family from Levi, and a subordinate line from a grandson of Levi, “the family of Shimei” Numbers 3:23; and all the remaining families, each with their separate sorrow, each according to Joel’s call, “let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet” Joel 2:16, each denying himself the tenderest solaces of life.

Dionysius: “The ungrateful and ungodly, daily, as far as in them lies, crucify Christ, as Paul says, “crucifying to themselves the Son of God afresh and putting Him to an open shame” Hebrews 6:6. And on these Christ, out of His boundless pity, poureth forth a spirit of grace and supplication, so that, touched with compunction, with grieving and tearful feeling, they look on Christ, suffering with His suffering, and bewailing their own impurities.”

Osorius: “The likeness is in the sorrow, not in its degree. Josiah had restored religion, removed a dire superstition, bound up relaxed morals by healthful discipline, recalled to its former condition the sinking state. In their extremest needs light shone on them, when there came his unlooked-for death, Therewith the whole state seemed lost. So in the Death of Christ, they who loved Him, saw His divine works, placed their whole hope of salvation in His goodness, suddenly saw the stay of their life extinct, themselves deprived of that most sweet contact, all hope for the future cut off: But the grief in the death of Christ was the more bitter, as He awoke a greater longing for Himself, and had brought a firmer hope of salvation.”