Ezekiel 22:6
What does Ezekiel 22:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 22:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lo, princes of Israel--each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.
Context
v.5Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one and full of tumult.
v.6This passage
v.7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 9:8
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
- Jeremiah 5:5
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- Jeremiah 32:32
because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
- Nehemiah 9:34
neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testify against them.
- Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
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