Ezekiel 24:18

What does Ezekiel 24:18 mean?

Q: What does Ezekiel 24:18 mean?

Ezekiel 24:18 reads, “So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.” Read it in seven English translations with cross-references and historical context on Devine Scripture.

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 24:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So in the morning I was teaching the people and in the evening death took my wife; and in the morning I did what I had been ordered to do.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

— And I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.

Context

v.17Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

v.18This passage

v.19And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

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1 Corinthians 7:29
But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

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What does Ezekiel 24:18 mean?

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