Zechariah 11:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock, the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Woe to the worthless and foolish shepherd who deserts the flock! The sword shall smite his arm and his right eye; his arm shall be utterly withered and his right eye utterly blinded. [Jer. 23:1; John 10:12, 13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Doom, foolish shepherd who forsakes the flock. A sword will strike his arm and his right eye. His arm will wither completely; his right eye will become blind.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ O shepherd and idol, abandoning the flock, with a sword upon his arm and over his right eye: his arm will be withered by drought, and his right eye will be obscured by darkness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ O shepherd, and idol, that forsaketh the flock: the sword upon his arm and upon his right eye: his arm shall quite wither away, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Zechariah 11:17 Cross References

1 Kings 13:4

And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.

Isaiah 29:10

For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.

Isaiah 44:10

Who hath fashioned a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

Isaiah 9:15

The ancient and the honourable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Jeremiah 22:1

Thus said the LORD: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

Jeremiah 23:1

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither shall they profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 13:3

Thus saith the Lord GOD Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Ezekiel 34:2

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord GOD Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?

Zechariah 10:2

For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

Zechariah 11:15

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Matthew 23:13

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

Matthew 23:16

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

John 12:40

He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.

John 9:39

And Jesus said, For judgement came I into this world, that they which see not may see; and that they which see may become blind.

Romans 11:7

What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

1 Corinthians 8:4

Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

1 Samuel 2:31

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.