Zechariah 11:12

And I said to them, If ye think good, give me my wage, and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my wage thirty [pieces] of silver.

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In The King James Version

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

In Context

11And it was broken in that day, and thus the poor of the flock who gave heed to me knew that it was the word of LORD.

13And LORD said to me, Cast it to the potter, the good price that I was valued by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of LORD.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:28And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen, and they drew and lifted Joseph up out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Leviticus 27:4And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

2 Chronicles 30:4And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.

Mark 14:10And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might betray him to them.

John 13:2And supper having occurred, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he would betray him,

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:5-15

Judgments Predicted and Typified. ( b. c. 510.) 4 Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord ; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord : but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not… Read the whole commentary →

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