Ezekiel 21 - Compare Translations
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Ezekiel 21:1
KJVAnd the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
WEBYahweh’s word came to me, saying,
YLTAnd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 21:2
KJVSon of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
WEB“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
YLT`Son of man, set thy face unto Jerusalem, and prophesy unto the holy places, and prophesy unto the ground of Israel;
Ezekiel 21:3
KJVAnd say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
WEBTell the land of Israel, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
YLTand thou hast said unto the ground of Israel: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, And have brought out My sword from its scabbard, And have cut off from thee righteous and wicked.
Ezekiel 21:4
KJVSeeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
WEBSeeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north.
YLTBecause that I have cut off from thee righteous and wicked, Therefore go out doth My sword from its scabbard, Unto all flesh, from south to north.
Ezekiel 21:5
KJVThat all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
WEBAll flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.”’
YLTAnd known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, It doth not turn back any more.
Ezekiel 21:6
KJVSigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
WEB“Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heart and with bitterness.
YLTAnd thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,
Ezekiel 21:7
KJVAnd it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.
WEBIt shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.’”
YLTand it hath come to pass, when they say unto thee, For what art thou sighing? that thou hast said: Because of the report, for it is coming, And melted hath every heart, And feeble hath been all hands, And weak is every spirit, And all knees go -- waters, Lo, it is coming, yea, it hath been, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'
Ezekiel 21:8
KJVAgain the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
WEBYahweh’s word came to me, saying,
YLTAnd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 21:9
KJVSon of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
WEB“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says:
YLT`Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said, Thus said Jehovah, say: A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.
Ezekiel 21:10
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Ezekiel 21:11
KJVAnd he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
WEBIt is given to be polished,
YLTAnd he giveth it for polishing, For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened -- the sword -- and polished, To give it into the hand of a slayer.
Ezekiel 21:12
KJVCry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
WEBCry and wail, son of man;
YLTCry and howl, son of man, For it hath been among My people, It [is] among all the princes of Israel, Cast unto the sword have been My people. Therefore strike on thy thigh,
Ezekiel 21:13
KJVBecause it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.
WEB“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord Yahweh.
YLTBecause [it is] a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
Ezekiel 21:14
KJVThou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
WEB“You therefore, son of man, prophesy,
YLTAnd thou, son of man, prophesy, And smite hand on hand, And bent is the sword a third time, The sword of the wounded! It [is] the sword of the wounded -- the great one, That is entering the inner chamber to them.
Ezekiel 21:15
KJVI have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
WEBI have set the threatening sword against all their gates,
YLTTo melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapt up for slaughter.
Ezekiel 21:16
KJVGo thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
WEBGather yourselves together.
YLTTake possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.
Ezekiel 21:17
KJVI will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.
WEBI will also strike my hands together,
YLTAnd I also, I smite My hand on my hand, And have caused My fury to rest; I, Jehovah, have spoken.'
Ezekiel 21:18
KJVThe word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,
WEBYahweh’s word came to me again, saying,
YLTAnd there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 21:19
KJVAlso, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
WEB“Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come. They both will come out of one land, and mark out a place. Mark it out at the head of the way to the city.
YLT`And thou, son of man, appoint for thee two ways, for the coming in of the sword of the king of Babylon; from one land they come forth, both of them, and a station prepare thou, at the top of the way of the city prepare [it].
Ezekiel 21:20
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Ezekiel 21:21
KJVFor the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
WEBFor the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim. He looked in the liver.
YLTFor stood hath the king of Babylon at the head of the way, At the top of the two ways, to use divination, He hath moved lightly with the arrows, He hath asked at the teraphim, He hath looked on the liver.
Ezekiel 21:22
KJVAt his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
WEBIn his right hand was the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, and to build forts.
YLTAt his right hath been the divination -- Jerusalem, To place battering-rams, To open the mouth with slaughter, To lift up a voice with shouting, To place battering-rams against the gates, To pour out a mount, to build a fortification.
Ezekiel 21:23
KJVAnd it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
WEBIt will be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.
YLTAnd it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.
Ezekiel 21:24
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
WEB“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because you have caused your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because you have come to memory, you will be taken with the hand.
YLTTherefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your causing your iniquity to be remembered, In your transgressions being revealed, For your sins being seen, in all your doings, Because of your being remembered, By the hand ye are caught.
Ezekiel 21:25
KJVAnd thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
WEB“‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
YLTAnd thou, wounded, wicked one, Prince of Israel, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end!
Ezekiel 21:26
KJVThus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
WEBthus says the Lord Yahweh: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high.
YLTThus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn aside the mitre, and bear away the crown, This -- not this -- the low make high, And the high make low.
Ezekiel 21:27
KJVI will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
WEBI will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.”’
YLTAn overturn, overturn, overturn, I make it, Also this hath not been till the coming of Him, Whose [is] the judgment, and I have given it.
Ezekiel 21:28
KJVAnd thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
WEB“You, son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says this concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach:
YLTAnd thou, son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the sons of Ammon, and concerning their reproach: and thou hast said: A sword, a sword, open for slaughter, Polished to the utmost for brightness!
Ezekiel 21:29
KJVWhiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
WEBwhile they see for you false visions,
YLTIn the seeing for thee of a vain thing, In the divining for thee of a lie, To put thee on the necks of the wounded of the wicked, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end.
Ezekiel 21:30
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Ezekiel 21:31
KJVAnd I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
WEBI will pour out my indignation on you.
YLTAnd I have poured on thee Mine indignation, With fire of My wrath I blow against thee, And have given thee into the hand of brutish men -- artificers of destruction.
Ezekiel 21:32
KJVThou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the Lord have spoken it.
WEBYou will be for fuel to the fire.
YLTTo the fire thou art for fuel, Thy blood is in the midst of the land, Thou art not remembered, For I, Jehovah, have spoken!'
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