Ezekiel 4:17
What does Ezekiel 4:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 4:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
KJV
King James Version · 1611That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752So that when bread and water fail, every man may fall against his brother, and they may pine away in their iniquities.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.
Context
v.16Moreover 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:
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 24:23
And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.
- Leviticus 26:39
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
- Ezekiel 33:10
And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?
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