Ezekiel 12:14
What does Ezekiel 12:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 12:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And all his helpers round about him and all his armies I will send in flight to every wind; and I will let loose a sword after them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands, I do scatter to every wind, and a sword I draw out after them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And all that are about him, his guards, and his troops I will scatter into every wind: and I will draw out the sword after them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Context
v.13My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
v.14This passage
v.15And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 5:2
A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Jeremiah 42:16
then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
- Ezekiel 17:21
And all his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
- Leviticus 26:33
And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
- Ezekiel 14:21
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
- Ezekiel 5:10
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.
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