Ezekiel 4:11

What does Ezekiel 4:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 4:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And you are to take water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: you are to take it at regular times.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink <FI>it<Fi> .

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time thou shalt drink it,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

Context

v.10And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

v.11This passage

v.12And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

Cross references

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

  • John 3:34

    For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.

  • Ezekiel 4:16

    Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

  • Isaiah 5:13

    Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.

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