Ezekiel 12:18
What does Ezekiel 12:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 12:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Son of man, take your food with shaking fear, and your water with trouble and care;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Son of man, thy bread in haste thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Son of man, eat thy bread in trouble and drink thy water in hurry and sorrow.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;
Context
v.17Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
v.18This passage
v.19and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, and despoiled of all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 80:5
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
- Ezekiel 23:33
Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
- Deuteronomy 28:48
therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
- Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
- Leviticus 26:26
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
- Leviticus 26:36
And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
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