Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!" So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.
New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, “
King James Version
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
Holman Bible
Then He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain.
International Standard Version
"Desecrate my Temple," he told them, "and fill its courtyard with the dead!" So they went out and began striking down people throughout the city.
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
Amplified
And He said to the executioners, “Defile the temple and fill its courtyards with the dead. Go out!” So they went out and struck down the people in the city.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town.
Darby Translation
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say to them, Defile the house, and fill the enclosures with the wounded: go ye forth. And they went forth and struck in the city.
King James 2000
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you forth. And they went forth, and killed in the city.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to them, "Defile the house and fill the courtyards [with] the dead; go out! And they went out, and they killed in the city.
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out! And they went out and killed in the city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for he had said unto them, "When ye have defiled the temple, and filled the court with the slain, then go your way forth." So they went out, and slew down through the city.
New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth." They went forth, and struck in the city.
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them Defile ye the house and fl the courts with the slain, - go ye forth! So they went forth and smote in the city. s
Webster
And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
World English Bible
He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they begin among the aged men who are before the house, and He saith unto them, 'Defile the house, and fill the courts with the wounded, go forth.' And they have gone forth and have smitten in the city.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 9:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Avenging Messenger Destroys The Wicked In The City
6 Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women -- wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple. 7 He said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!" So they went out and struck people down throughout the city. 8 While they were striking them down, I was left alone, and I threw myself face down and cried out, "Ah, sovereign Lord! Will you destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem?"
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:17
He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him.
Ezekiel 7:20-22
They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images -- their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
Psalm 79:1-3
A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.
Lamentations 2:4-7
(Dalet) He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion.
Luke 13:1
Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.