Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a dresser of sycomore trees:
Zechariah 13:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But he will [deny his identity and] say, I am no prophet. I am a tiller of the ground, for I have been made a bond servant from my youth. American Standard Version (1901) but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth. Common English Bible Each will say, “I’m not a prophet. I’m a man who works the ground, for the soil has been my occupation since I was young.” Catholic Public Domain Version But he will say, "I am not a prophet; I am a man of agriculture. For Adam has been my example from my youth." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my example from my youth. |
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a dresser of sycomore trees:
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.