Ezekiel 33:3
What does Ezekiel 33:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 33:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
KJV
King James Version · 1611If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If, when he sees the sword coming on the land, by sounding the horn he gives the people news of their danger;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he hath seen the sword coming against the land, And hath blown with a trumpet, and hath warned the people,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he sees the sword coming upon the land, and sound the trumpet, and tell the people:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890if he see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Context
v.2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;
v.3This passage
v.4then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 8:1
Setthe trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
- Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 4:5
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
- Nehemiah 4:20
in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.
- Joel 2:1
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
- Nehemiah 4:18
and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
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