Zechariah 13:6

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If someone asks him: What are these wounds on your chest?—then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends.

Hebrew Names Version
One will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

King James Version (1611)
And one shal say vnto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then hee shall answere: Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

King James Version
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

English Standard Version
And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?' he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.'

New American Standard Bible
"And someone will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will say, 'Those with which I was wounded at the house of my friends.'

New Century Version
But someone will ask, ‘What are the deep cuts on your body?' And each will answer, ‘I was hurt at my friend's house.'

Amplified Bible
"And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those wounds I received in the house of my friends.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And one shal say vnto him, What are these woundes in thine hands? Then he shall answere, Thus was I wounded in the house of my friendes.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will say, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

Legacy Standard Bible
And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds struck here between your arms?' Then he will say, ‘Those with which I was struck in the house of my friends.'

Berean Standard Bible
If someone asks him, 'What are these wounds on your chest?' he will answer, 'These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.'

Contemporary English Version
And if any of them are asked why they are wounded, they will answer, "It happened at the house of some friends."

Complete Jewish Bible
If someone asks him, ‘Then what are these gashes between your shoulders?' he will answer, ‘I got hurt at my friends' house.'

Darby Translation
And one shall say unto him, What are those wounds in thy hands? And he will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Easy-to-Read Version
But other people will say, ‘Then what are these wounds in your hands?' He will say, ‘I was beaten in the house of my friends.'"

George Lamsa Translation
And they shall say to him, What are these wounds in your hands? And he shall say, These are wounds with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Good News Translation
Then if someone asks him, ‘What are those wounds on your chest?' he will answer, ‘I got them at a friend's house.'"

Lexham English Bible
And someone shall say to him, "What are these wounds between your arms?" and he will say, "Those I have received in the house of the ones who love me."'"

Literal Translation
And one shall say to Him, What are these wounds between Your hands? Then He shall answer, Those with which I was struck in the house of those who love Me.

American Standard Version
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds between thine arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Bible in Basic English
And if anyone says to him, What are these wounds between your hands? then he will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And one shall say unto him: 'What are these wounds between thy hands?' Then he shall answer: 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if it be saide vnto him, How came these woundes then in thyne handes? He shal aunswere: Thus was I wounded in the house of myne owne friendes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will say to him, What are these wounds between thine hands? and he shall say, Those with which I was wounded in my beloved house.

English Revised Version
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds between thine arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

World English Bible
One will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it schal be seid to hym, What ben these woundis in the myddil of thin hondis? And he schal seie, With these Y was woundid in the hous of hem that louyden me.

Update Bible Version
And one shall say to him, What are these wounds between your arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Webster's Bible Translation
And [one] shall say to him, What [are] these wounds in thy hands? Then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends.

New English Translation
Then someone will ask him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?' and he will answer, ‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.'

New King James Version
And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' [fn] Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

New Living Translation
And if someone asks, ‘Then what about those wounds on your chest?' he will say, ‘I was wounded at my friends' house!'

New Life Bible
If someone asks him, ‘What are these sores on your back?' he will answer, ‘They are the sores I received in the house of my friends.'

New Revised Standard
And if anyone asks them, "What are these wounds on your chest?" the answer will be "The wounds I received in the house of my friends."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then will one say unto him, What are these wounds between thy hands? And he will say, Wherewith I was wounded in the house of them who loved me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall say to him: What are these wounds in the midst of thy hands? And he shall say: With these I was wounded in the house of them that loved me.

Revised Standard Version
And if one asks him, 'What are these wounds on your back?' he will say, 'The wounds I received in the house of my friends.'"

Young's Literal Translation
And [one] hath said unto him, `What [are] these wounds in thy hands?' And he hath said, `Because I was smitten [at] home by my lovers.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And yff it be sayde vnto him: How came these woundes then in thine hondes? He shall answere: Thus am I wounded in the house off myne owne frendes.

Contextual Overview

¹ "On the Big Day, a fountain will be opened for the family of David and all the leaders of Jerusalem for washing away their sins, for scrubbing their stained and soiled lives clean. ²"On the Big Day"—this is God -of-the-Angel-Armies speaking—"I will wipe out the store-bought gods, erase their names from memory. People will forget they ever heard of them. And I'll get rid of the prophets who polluted the air with their diseased words. If anyone dares persist in spreading diseased, polluting words, his very own parents will step in and say, ‘That's it! You're finished! Your lies about God put everyone in danger,' and then they'll stab him to death in the very act of prophesying lies about God —his own parents, mind you! ⁴"On the Big Day, the lying prophets will be publicly exposed and humiliated. Then they'll wish they'd never swindled people with their ‘visions.' No more masquerading in prophet clothes. But they'll deny they've even heard of such things: ‘Me, a prophet? Not me. I'm a farmer—grew up on the farm.' And if someone says, ‘And so where did you get that black eye?' they'll say, ‘I ran into a door at a friend's house.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: 1 Kings 18:28, Revelation 13:16, Revelation 13:17, Revelation 14:11

I was: Psalms 22:16, Proverbs 27:5, Proverbs 27:6, John 18:35, John 19:14-16

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God . After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you." Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .

Genesis 13:18
Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .

1 Timothy 6:9
But if it's only money these leaders are after, they'll self-destruct in no time. Lust for money brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going down that path, some lose their footing in the faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever after.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [one] shall say unto him, What [are] these wounds in thine hands?.... That is, if thou art not a prophet, what is the meaning of these wounds in thine hands? which design either those his father and mother had given him, when they thrust him through for being a false prophet, Zechariah 13:3 or the mark of the beast he received in his right hand, which he was obliged to take when he entered into holy orders, Revelation 13:9, or the wounds and stripes he gave himself, in the exercise of his superstition and will worship:

then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends; he will pretend that these were wounds he had privately in his father's family, by way of correction, for not doing his civil and secular business as he ought to have done; or he shall be obliged to confess the mark of the beast on him; or that these were wounds he had given himself in the temples and churches, dedicated to angels and saints, his patrons, friends, and lovers; with whom he committed spiritual adultery or idolatry, and before whose images and shrines he had cut and given himself these wounds and gashes, to the great dishonour of Christ, as if his crucifixion and wounds were of no avail; wherefore his sufferings and death are next spoken of: and some understand these words of Christ, introduced after this manner; the prophet having spoken of the false prophet, thrust through by his parents, because that Christ would be reckoned a false prophet and impostor by his countrymen the Jews, and be crucified by them as such, represents the Jews as upbraiding him with his crucifixion, which they suggest he righteously suffered, for seducing their nation: to which he replies, that indeed he was crucified, and thereby wounded with the nails drove into his hands and feet; and this usage he met with from those of his own nation, and who pretended to be the friends of the Messiah, and to expect his coming, and this at or near Jerusalem, where was the temple or house of God; but all this he endured, not for any crime he had been guilty of, but according to the counsel and will, purpose and decree, of God; whereby he was appointed the Shepherd of the flock; the Mediator between God and man; the Saviour of his people; and to die such a death, in order to obtain salvation for them; which counsel and will of God are clearly and strongly expressed in the following verse Zechariah 13:7: and to this sense Capellus interprets the words.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And one shall say unto him, What are those wounds in thy hands? - The words are simple; the meaning different , according as they are united with what immediately precedes, or the main subject, Him whom they pierced, for whom they were to mourn, and, on their mourning, to be cleansed, and of whom it is said in the next verse, “Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd.” Jerome and others explain it of the punishment inflicted by parents. “These wounds and bruises I received, condemned by the judgment of my parents, and of those who did not hate but loved me. And so will truth prevail dissipating falsehood, that he too, who was punished for his own fault, will own that he suffered rightly.”

But wounds of chastisement are not inflicted on the hands, and the punishment of false prophecy was not such wounds, but death. Wounds in the hands were no punishment, which parents would inflict. They were the special punishment of the cross , after sustaining which, One only lived. The most literal interpretation, then, of the wounds in the hands harmonizes with the piercing before, and the smiting of the Good Shepherd which follows, of whom David too prophesied, “They pierced My Hands and My Feet” Psalms 22:16. “What are those wounds on Thy hands? How long, think you, and how and by whom will this be said to Him? For ever and ever, unceasingly, and with unspeakable admiration it will be said, both by God the Father, “to whom He was obedient unto death, the death of the Cross” Philippians 2:8 : it will be said also both by the holy “angels” who “desire to look into” Him 1 Peter 1:12, and by people whom He has redeemed. O great miracle, wonderful spectacle, especially in the Lord of all, to bear wounds in the midst of His Hands! And He shall say; “With these I was wounded in the house of those who loved Me.” O great sacrilege, sacrilegious homicide, that such wounds were inflicted in the house of those who loved. He will not say, ‘with these I was wounded by those who loved Me,’ but ‘in the house of those who loved Me.’ For they who inflicted them, loved Him not.

But they were the house of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and David, and the rest like them, who loved Me, and expected Me, who was promised to them. Yet so to speak is not to answer the question, ‘what are these wounds?’ For it is one thing to ask, what are these wounds, another to say, where they were inflicted. Having said, that they were inflicted in the house of those who loved Me. He says, what they are, ‘the Cup which My Father hath given Me to drink.’ For what He subjoins, is the Voice of the Father giving the Cup. ‘Sword, awake, etc.’ is as though he said, Ask ye, What are these wounds? I say, ‘the tokens of obedience, the signs of the Father’s will and command. The Lord of hosts, God the Father ‘hath not spared’ Me, ‘His own Son, but hath given’ Me ‘for’ you ‘all.’ And He said, ‘Awake, o sword, against Jify Shepherd, and against the Man cohering to Me,’ which is as much as, ‘O Death, have thou power over My Son, My good Shepherd, the Man who cohereth to Me, that is, who is joined in unity of Person with the Word who is consubstantial with Me!’ And then, as though the sword asked, how or how far shall I arise against this Thy Shepherd, he subjoins, ‘Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.’ Hence, the Shepherd Himself, when about to be smitten, spake, ‘All ye shall be offended because of Me this night. For it is written, I will smite the Shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered’ Matthew 26:31. So then to those who say, ‘what are those wounds in the midst of Thy hands?’ is appositely subjoined the Voice of the Father, saying, ‘Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd etc.’ in the meaning, ‘They are monuments of the Father’s love, the tokens of My Obedience, because He ‘spared not His own Son,’ and I ‘became obedient’ to Him for you all, ‘even unto death, and that, the death of the Cross. ‘“

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 13:6. What are these wounds in thine hands? — Marks which he had received in honour of his idols. But he shall excuse himself by stating that he had received these marks in his own family; when, most probably, they had been dedicated to some of those idols. Isaiah 44:5. I do not think that these words are spoken at all concerning Jesus Christ. I have heard them quoted in this way; but I cannot hear such an application of them without horror. In quoting from the Old Testament in reference to the New, we cannot be too cautious. We may wound the truth instead of honouring it.