Ezekiel 11:8
What does Ezekiel 11:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 11:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You have been fearing the sword, and I will send the sword on you, says the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Context
v.7Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but ye shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.
v.8This passage
v.9And I will bring you forth out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 24:17
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
- Job 3:25
For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
- Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
- Jeremiah 38:19
And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
- Isaiah 30:16
but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
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