Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Also you shall take a few of them in number, and tie them up in your skirts.
New American Standard Bible
Take also a few in number from
King James Version
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Holman Bible
But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.
International Standard Version
You are to preserve a few strands of hair and hide them in the folds of your garment.
A Conservative Version
And thou shall take from it a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Amplified
Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes.
Bible in Basic English
And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;
Julia Smith Translation
And take from thence a few in number and bind them in thy wings.
King James 2000
You shall also take some of them, and bind them in your garments.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you must take from these a few in number, and you must tuck them in your hem.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet afterward take a little of the same, and bind it in thy coat lap.
NET Bible
But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.
New Heart English Bible
You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
The Emphasized Bible
and thou shalt take from thence, a few in number, - and shalt bind them in thy skirts;
Webster
Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
World English Bible
You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou hast taken thence a few in number -- and hast bound them in thy skirts;
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Shaves himself
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » Exemplified in pantomime
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 5:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel Dramatizes Jerusalem's Fall
2 You shall burn a third part with fire in the middle of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third part and beat around it with a sword; and you shall scatter a third part in the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them. 3 Also you shall take a few of them in number, and tie them up in your skirts. 4 Then take of them again, and throw them into the middle of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for a fire shall come forth from them into all the house of Israel.
Cross References
Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan, the chief of the executioners, left some of the poor people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields on that day.
Jeremiah 40:6
Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam at Mizpah. And he lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
Jeremiah 52:16
But Nebuzaradan the chief of the executioners left some of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers.
2 Kings 25:12
But the chief of the executioners left a few of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Matthew 7:14
Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Luke 13:23-24
And one said to Him, Lord, are the ones being saved few? And He said to them,
1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?