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Zechariah 13:8
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KJ21
And it shall come to pass that in all the land,” saith the Lord, “two parts therein shall be cut off and die, but the third shall be left therein.
ASV
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
AMP
“It will come about in all the land,” Declares the Lord, “Two parts in it will be cut off and perish, But the third will be left alive.
AMPC
And in all the land, says the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, but one-third shall be left alive.
BRG
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
CSB
In the whole land— this is the Lord’s declaration— two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.
CSBA
In the whole land – this is the Lord’s declaration – two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.
CEB
Throughout all the land, says the Lord, two-thirds will be cut off and die; but one-third will be left in it.
CJB
In time, throughout that land,” says Adonai, “two-thirds of those in it will be destroyed — they will die, but one-third will remain.
CEV
Nowhere in the land will more than a third of them be left alive.
DARBY
And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein.
DRA
And there shall be in all the earth, saith the Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered, and shall perish: but the third part shall be left therein.
ERV
Two-thirds of the people in the land will be struck down and die,” says the Lord, “but one-third will survive.
EASY
In the whole country,’ says the Lord, ‘two thirds of the people will die. But one third will still be living there.
EHV
This will take place in the whole land, declares the Lord: Two thirds of those who remain in it will be cut off and perish, but one third will be left in it.
ESV
In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
ESVUK
In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
EXB
The Lord says, “Two-thirds of the people through all the land will die. They will be ·gone [struck down; L cut off], and one-third will be left.
GNV
And in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off, and die: but the third shall be left therein.
GW
The Lord declares, “Throughout the land two-thirds will be cut off and die. Yet, one-third will be left in it.
GNT
and throughout the land two-thirds of the people will die.
HCSB
In the whole land— this is the Lord’s declaration— two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.
ICB
The Lord says, “Two-thirds of the people through all the land will die. And one-third will be left.
ISV
It will come about in all of the land,” declares the Lord, “that two thirds of the people living there will die, but a third will survive who live there.
JUB
And it shall come to pass that in all the land, said the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off in her and shall be lost; but the third shall be left therein.
KJV
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
AKJV
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
LSB
And it will be in all the land,” Declares Yahweh, “That two parts in it will be cut off and breathe their last; But the third will be left in it.
LEB
And then in all the land,” declares Yahweh, “two thirds will be cut off and perish, and one third will be left alive in it.
TLB
Two-thirds of all the nation of Israel will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in the land.
MSG
“Sword, get moving against my shepherd, against my close associate!” Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. “Kill the shepherd! Scatter the sheep! The back of my hand against even the lambs! All across the country”—God’s Decree— “two-thirds will be devastated and one-third survive. I’ll deliver the surviving third to the refinery fires. I’ll refine them as silver is refined, test them for purity as gold is tested. Then they’ll pray to me by name and I’ll answer them personally. I’ll say, ‘That’s my people.’ They’ll say, ‘God—my God!’”
MEV
And it will happen in all the land, says the Lord, that two-thirds will be cut off and die, and one-third will be left in the land.
NOG
Yahweh declares, “Throughout the land two-thirds will be cut off and die. Yet, one-third will be left in it.
NABRE
In all the land—oracle of the Lord— two thirds of them will be cut off and perish, and one third will be left.
NASB
And it will come about in all the land,” Declares the Lord, “That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.
NASB1995
“It will come about in all the land,” Declares the Lord, “That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.
NCB
Throughout the land, says the Lord, two-thirds in it will be cut off and perish, and one-third will be left.
NCV
The Lord says, “Two-thirds of the people through all the land will die. They will be gone, and one-third will be left.
NET
It will happen in all the land,” says the Lord, “that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.
NIRV
Here is what will happen in the whole land,” announces the Lord. “Two-thirds of the people will be struck down and die. But one-third will be left.
NIV
In the whole land,” declares the Lord, “two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.
NIVUK
In the whole land,’ declares the Lord, ‘two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.
NKJV
And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the Lord, “That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one-third shall be left in it:
NLV
In the whole land,” says the Lord, “two-thirds will die, but one-third will be left alive.
NLT
Two-thirds of the people in the land will be cut off and die,” says the Lord. “But one-third will be left in the land.
NRSVA
In the whole land, says the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one-third shall be left alive.
NRSVACE
In the whole land, says the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one-third shall be left alive.
NRSVCE
In the whole land, says the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one-third shall be left alive.
NRSVUE
In the whole land, says the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one-third shall be left alive.
OJB
And it shall come to pass, that in kol ha’aretz, saith Hashem, two-thirds therein shall be cut off and die; but one-third shall remain therein.
RGT
“And in all the land,” says the LORD, “two parts of it shall be cut off and die. But a third of it shall be left.
RSV
In the whole land, says the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
RSVCE
In the whole land, says the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
TLV
Then it will happen —it is a declaration of Adonai— that in the entire land two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.
VOICE
It will spread across the land: two of three will be cut down and perish, And one of three will be left to survive.
WEB
It shall happen that in all the land,” says Yahweh, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
WYC
And two parts (of the people) shall be in each land, saith the Lord, and they shall be scattered, and shall fail, and the third part shall be left in it.
YLT
And it hath come to pass, In all the land, an affirmation of Jehovah, Two parts in it are cut off -- they expire, And the third is left in it.
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