Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Son of man, let your face be turned to the mountains of Israel, and be a prophet to them, and say,

New American Standard Bible

“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them

King James Version

Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

Holman Bible

“Son of man, turn your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

International Standard Version

"Son of Man," he said, "turn your face to oppose the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

A Conservative Version

Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,

American Standard Version

Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them,

Amplified

“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them,

Darby Translation

Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

Julia Smith Translation

Son of man, set thy face to the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

King James 2000

Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Son of man, set your face to the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them,

Modern King James verseion

Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Thou son of man, turn thy face to the mountains of Israel, that thou mayest prophesy unto them,

NET Bible

"Son of man, turn toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them:

New Heart English Bible

"Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,

The Emphasized Bible

Son of man, Set thy face against the mountains of Israel, - and prophesy unto them;

Webster

Son of man, set thy face towards the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

World English Bible

Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,

Youngs Literal Translation

'Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

set
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

and prophesy
נבא 
Naba' 
Usage: 115

Verse Info

Context Readings

Idolatrous Worship And Idolatrous Objects Denounced

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, let your face be turned to the mountains of Israel, and be a prophet to them, and say, 3 You mountains of Israel, give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has said to the mountains and the hills, to the waterways and the valleys: See, I, even I, am sending on you a sword for the destruction of your high places.


Cross References

Ezekiel 13:17

And you, son of man, let your face be turned against the daughters of your people, who are acting the part of prophets at their pleasure; be a prophet against them, and say,

Ezekiel 19:9

They made him a prisoner with hooks, and took him to the king of Babylon; they put him in the strong place so that his voice might be sounding no longer on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 20:46

Son of man, let your face be turned to the south, let your words be dropped to the south, and be a prophet against the woodland of the South;

Ezekiel 21:2

Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;

Ezekiel 25:2

Son of man, let your face be turned to the children of Ammon, and be a prophet against them:

Ezekiel 33:28

And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through.

Ezekiel 34:14

I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 35:12

And you will see that I the Lord have had knowledge of all the bitter things which you have said against the mountains of Israel, saying, They have been made waste, they are given to us to take for our heritage.

Ezekiel 36:1

And you, son of man, be a prophet about the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, give ear to the word of the Lord:

Ezekiel 37:22

And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over them all: and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be parted into two kingdoms:

Joshua 11:21

And Joshua came at that time and put an end to the Anakim in the hill-country, in Hebron, in Debir, in Anab, and in all the hill-country of Judah and Israel: Joshua gave them and their towns to the curse.

Ezekiel 4:7

And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.

Ezekiel 38:2-3

Son of man, let your face be turned against Gog, of the land of Magog, the ruler of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and be a prophet against him,

Micah 6:1-2

Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.

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