Zechariah 13:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.

Young's Literal Translation
And [one] hath said, ‘I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground [is] my possession from my youth.’

King James Bible
But he shall say, I [am] no prophet, I [am] an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

Hebrew
He will say,
וְאָמַ֕ר (wə·’ā·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘I
אָנֹ֑כִי (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

am not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

a prophet;
נָבִ֖יא (nā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

I
אָנֹ֔כִי (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

work
עֹבֵ֤ד (‘ō·ḇêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

the land,
אֲדָמָה֙ (’ă·ḏā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 127: Ground, land

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I was purchased as a servant
הִקְנַ֥נִי (hiq·na·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

in my youth.
מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃ (min·nə·‘ū·rāy)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5271: Youth, the state, the persons

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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