Ezekiel 21:6
What does Ezekiel 21:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 21:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thou, son of man, mourn with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Context
v.5and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
v.6This passage
v.7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for 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 it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 21:12
Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword with my people; smite therefore upon thy thigh.
- Isaiah 21:3
Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
- Jeremiah 19:10
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
- Isaiah 22:4
Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Ezekiel 37:20
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.
- Jeremiah 9:17
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:
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