Ezekiel 9:5
What does Ezekiel 9:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 9:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And to these he said in my hearing, Go through the town after him using your axes: do not let your eyes have mercy, and have no pity:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And to the others he said in mine ears, `Pass on into the city after him, and smite; your eye doth not pity, nor do ye spare;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye moved with pity.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have pity.
Context
v.4And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
v.5This passage
v.6slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 32:27
And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
- 1 Kings 18:40
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
- Numbers 25:7
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand;
- Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
- Isaiah 5:9
In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
- Ezekiel 9:10
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
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