But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. Context An End to Idolatry
1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. 2And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say to him, You shall not live; for you speak lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesies. 4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: 5But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. 6And one shall say to him, What are these wounds in your hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my ex- ample from my youth.
Darby Bible Translation
And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me as bondman 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.
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.'
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