Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons.
New American Standard Bible
The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his
King James Version
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
Holman Bible
He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his iron tools.
International Standard Version
""He'll direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and will breach your fortified towers with axes.
A Conservative Version
And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
American Standard Version
And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
Amplified
He will direct the [shocking] blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his crowbars.
Bible in Basic English
He will put up his engines of war against your walls, and your towers will be broken down by his axes.
Darby Translation
and he shall set his engines of attack against thy walls, and with his spikes he shall break down thy towers.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will give the stroke of his front against thy walls, and with his sword he will tear down thy towers.
King James 2000
And he shall set battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and the thrust of his battering ram he will direct against your walls, and your towers he will break down with his weapons.
Modern King James verseion
And he shall set engines of war against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His slings and battle-rams shall he prepare for thy walls, and with his weapons break down thy towers.
NET Bible
He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.
New Heart English Bible
He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
The Emphasized Bible
And the stroke of his attacking-engine, will he direct against thy walls, - And thy tower., will he break down with his axes.
Webster
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
World English Bible
He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
Themes
military Arms » Offensive: » Battle-axe
Nebuchadnezzar » Prophecies concerning
Sieges » Those engaged in » Employed battering rams, &c against the walls
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 26:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel Prophesies Against Tyre
8 Thy daughters in the field by sword he slayeth, And he hath made against thee a fort, And hath poured out against thee a mount, And hath raised against thee a buckler. 9 And a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons. 10 From the abundance of his horses cover thee doth their dust, From the noise of horseman, and wheel, and rider, Shake do thy walls, in his coming in to thy gates, As the coming into a city broken-up.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 26:15
And he maketh in Jerusalem inventions -- a device of an inventor -- to be on the towers, and on the corners, to shoot with arrows and with great stones, and his name goeth out unto a distance, for he hath been wonderfully helped till that he hath been strong.