Zechariah 11:12

I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

World English Bible Classic

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

11It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the LORD’s word.

13The LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the LORD’s house.

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Cross References

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

Leviticus 27:4If she is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

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

Mark 14:10Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.

John 13:2During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to 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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