Ezekiel 28:10

What does Ezekiel 28:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 28:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Your death will be the death of those who are without circumcision, by the hands of men from strange lands: for I have said it, says the Lord.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The deaths of the uncircumcised thou diest, By the hand of strangers, for I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised, by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord Jehovah.

Context

v.9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee.

v.10This passage

v.11Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Philippians 3:3

    for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:

  • Ezekiel 44:9

    Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 6:10

    To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

  • Ezekiel 11:9

    And I will bring you forth out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

  • Jeremiah 9:25

    Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:

  • Ezekiel 32:24

    There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

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