Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Seven months long shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
New American Standard Bible
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to
King James Version
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
Holman Bible
The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land.
International Standard Version
The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months in order to purify the land.
A Conservative Version
And the house of Israel shall be burying them seven months, that they may cleanse the land.
American Standard Version
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Amplified
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel will be seven months putting them in the earth, so as to make the land clean.
Darby Translation
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;
Julia Smith Translation
And the house of Israel buried them to cleanse the land seven months.
King James 2000
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the house of Israel will bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.
Modern King James verseion
And the house of Israel shall bury them, to cleanse the land, seven months.
NET Bible
For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land.
New Heart English Bible
Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall the house of Israel bury them hat they may cleanse the land, - seven months;
Webster
And seven months shall the house of Israel be in burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
World English Bible
Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the house of Israel have buried them -- in order to cleanse the land -- seven months.
Themes
Burial » Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 39:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Destruction Of Gog And His Hordes
11 At the same time will I give unto Gog a place to be buried in, in Israel: even the valley, wherethrough men go from the east to the seaward: Those that travel thereby, shall abhor it. There shall Gog and all his people be buried: and it shall be called the valley of the people of Gog. 12 Seven months long shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them. O it shall be a glorious day, when I get me that honour, sayeth the LORD God.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:23
let not his body remain all night upon the tree, but bury him the same day. For the curse of God is on him that is hanged. Defile not thy land therefore, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit.
Ezekiel 39:14
They shall ordain men also to be dead buriers, ever going through the land, and appoint them certain places to bury those in which remain upon the field - that the land may be cleansed. From end to end shall they seek; and that seven months long.
Ezekiel 39:16
And the name of the city shall be called, Hamonah. Thus shall they make the land clean.'
Numbers 19:16
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the fields, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a grave: shall be unclean seven days.