“Then I cut asunder mine other staffe, euen Bands, that I might break the brotherhood betweene Iudah and Israel.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, [even] Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- King James Version
Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then I took my other rod, the one named Bands, cutting it in two, so that the relation of brothers between Judah and Israel might be broken.
- Basic English Bible
And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- Darby Bible
Then I cut asunder my other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- Webster's Bible
Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- World English Bible
And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Binders, that the brotherhood between Judah and Israel might be broken.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Zechariah 11:14
11:14 Then - So soon as I saw what value they put upon me. I cut asunder - Christ did it really, the prophet did it in the type. Break - Declare it broken. The brother - hood - That friendship which had been among them. Judah - The two tribes, and the remnant of the ten tribes.