Ezekiel 26 - Compare Translations
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Ezekiel 26:1
KJVAnd it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
WEBIn the eleventh year, in the first of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the first of the month, there hath been a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: `Son of man,
Ezekiel 26:2
KJVSon of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
WEB“Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken! She who was the gateway of the peoples has been returned to me. I will be replenished, now that she is laid waste;’
YLTBecause that Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Aha, she hath been broken, the doors of the peoples, She hath turned round unto me, I am filled -- she hath been laid waste,
Ezekiel 26:3
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
WEBtherefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.
YLTTherefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, O Tyre, And have caused to come up against thee many nations, As the sea causeth its billows to come up.
Ezekiel 26:4
KJVAnd they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
WEBThey will destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
YLTAnd they have destroyed the walls of Tyre, And they have broken down her towers, And I have scraped her dust from her, And made her for a clear place of a rock.
Ezekiel 26:5
KJVIt shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
WEBShe will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have spoken it,’ says the Lord Yahweh. ‘She will become plunder for the nations.
YLTA spreading place of nets she is in the midst of the sea, For I -- I have spoken -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And she hath been for a spoil to nations.
Ezekiel 26:6
KJVAnd her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
WEBHer daughters who are in the field will be slain with the sword. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’
YLTAnd her daughters who [are] in the field, by sword they are slain, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah,
Ezekiel 26:7
KJVFor thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
WEB“For thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Behold, I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, with chariots, with horsemen, and an army with many people.
YLTFor, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, From the north -- a king of kings, With horse, and with chariot, and with horsemen, Even an assembly, and a numerous people.
Ezekiel 26:8
KJVHe shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
WEBHe will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will make forts against you, cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you.
YLTThy daughters in the field by sword he slayeth, And he hath made against thee a fort, And hath poured out against thee a mount, And hath raised against thee a buckler.
Ezekiel 26:9
KJVAnd he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
WEBHe will set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
YLTAnd a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons.
Ezekiel 26:10
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Ezekiel 26:11
KJVWith the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
WEBHe will tread down all your streets with the hoofs of his horses. He will kill your people with the sword. The pillars of your strength will go down to the ground.
YLTWith hoofs of his horses he treadeth all thine out-places, Thy people by sword he doth slay, And the pillars of thy strength to the earth come down.
Ezekiel 26:12
KJVAnd they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
WEBThey will make a plunder of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses. They will lay your stones, your timber, and your dust in the middle of the waters.
YLTAnd they have spoiled thy wealth, And they have plundered thy merchandise, And they have thrown down thy walls, And thy desirable houses they break down, And thy stones, and thy wood, and thy dust, In the midst of the waters they place.
Ezekiel 26:13
KJVAnd I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
WEBI will cause the noise of your songs to cease. The sound of your harps won’t be heard any more.
YLTAnd I have caused the noise of thy songs to cease, And the voice of thy harps is heard no more.
Ezekiel 26:14
KJVAnd I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
WEBI will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more; for I Yahweh have spoken it,’ says the Lord Yahweh.
YLTAnd I have given thee up for a clear place of a rock, A spreading-place of nets thou art, Thou art not built up any more, For I, Jehovah, I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
Ezekiel 26:15
KJVThus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
WEB“Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Tyre: ‘Won’t the islands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made within you?
YLTThus said the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Do not -- from the noise of thy fall, In the groaning of the wounded, In the slaying of the slaughter in thy midst, The isles shake?
Ezekiel 26:16
KJVThen all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
WEBThen all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, and will tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
YLTAnd come down from off their thrones have all princes of the sea, And they have turned aside their robes, And their embroidered garments strip off, Trembling they put on, on the earth they sit, And they have trembled every moment, And they have been astonished at thee,
Ezekiel 26:17
KJVAnd they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
WEBThey will take up a lamentation over you, and tell you,
YLTAnd have lifted up for thee a lamentation, And said to thee: How hast thou perished, That art inhabited from the seas, The praised city, that was strong in the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who put their terror on all her inhabitants!
Ezekiel 26:18
KJVNow shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
WEBNow the islands will tremble in the day of your fall.
YLTNow they tremble, is it not the day of thy fall? Troubled have been the isles that [are] in the sea, at thine outgoing.
Ezekiel 26:19
KJVFor thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
WEB“For thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I bring up the deep on you, and the great waters cover you;
YLTFor thus said the Lord Jehovah: In my making thee a city wasted, Like cities that have not been inhabited, In bringing up against thee the deep, Then covered thee have the great waters.
Ezekiel 26:20
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Ezekiel 26:21
KJVI will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.
WEBI will make you a terror, and you will no more have any being. Though you are sought for, yet you will never be found again,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”
YLTWastes I do make thee, and thou art not, And thou art sought, and art not found any more -- to the age, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
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