Ezekiel 3:5
What does Ezekiel 3:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 3:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
KJV
King James Version · 1611For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue <FI>art<Fi> thou sent--unto the house of Israel;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For thou art not sent to a people of strange language, and of difficult speech, [but] to the house of Israel;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jonah 1:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
- Isaiah 28:11
Nay, but bymen of strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
- Acts 26:17
delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
- Psalms 81:5
He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, WhereI heard a language that I knew not.
- Isaiah 33:19
Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.
- Ezekiel 3:6
not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee.
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