Ezekiel 35:7

What does Ezekiel 35:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 35:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And I will make Mount Seir a cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I have given mount Seir for a desolation and an astonishment, And have cut off from it him who is passing over and him who is returning,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I will make mount Seir waste and desolate: and I will take away from it him that goeth and him that returneth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I will make mount Seir a desolation and an astonishment, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth;

Context

v.6therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.

v.7This passage

v.8And I will fill its mountains with its slain: in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy watercourses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 29:11

    No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

  • Ezekiel 33:28

    And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.

  • Ezekiel 35:9

    I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:5

    And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

  • Judges 5:6

    In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.

  • Ezekiel 35:3

    and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.

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