Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners.
New American Standard Bible
Say, ‘I am
King James Version
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
Holman Bible
You are to say, ‘I am a sign for you. Just as I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile,
International Standard Version
Tell them, "I'm a sign for you. Just as I enacted it, it's going to happen to them. They'll go into exile and captivity.
A Conservative Version
Say, I am your sign. Just as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.
American Standard Version
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
Amplified
Say, ‘I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.’
Darby Translation
Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall go into exile, into captivity.
Julia Smith Translation
Say, I am your wonder: as I did, so it shall be done to them: by emigrating, they shall go into captivity.
King James 2000
Say, I am your sign: like I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall move and go into captivity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Say, 'I am your sign, [and] {just as} I did, so will it be done to them in the exile; into captivity they will go.'
Modern King James verseion
Say, I am your sign: As I have done, so it shall be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Tell them I am your show-token: like as I have done, so shall it happen unto you. Flit shall ye also, and go into captivity.
NET Bible
Say, 'I am an object lesson for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile and captivity.'
New Heart English Bible
Say, 'I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.'
The Emphasized Bible
Say, I, am your sign: As I have done, so. shall it be done to them, Into exile - into captivity, shall they go.
Webster
Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done to them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
World English Bible
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
Youngs Literal Translation
Say: I am your type; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a captivity, they do go.
Themes
Instruction » Moving household goods
Symbols and similitudes » Change of domicile
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » The allegiance denounced » By ezekiel
Interlinear
Gowlah
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 12:11
Prayers for Ezekiel 12:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Announcement Of The Imminent Coming Of The Exile
10 You are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: This word has to do with the ruler in Jerusalem and all the children of Israel in it. 11 Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners. 12 And the ruler who is among them will take his goods on his back in the dark and go out: he will make a hole in the wall through which to go out: he will have his face covered so that he may not be seen.
Cross References
Jeremiah 15:2
And it will be, when they say to you, Where are we to go? then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are to be in need of food, to need of food; and such as are to be taken away prisoners, to be taken away.
Jeremiah 52:15
Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners the rest of the people who were still in the town, and those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the workmen.
Jeremiah 52:28-30
These are the people whom Nebuchadrezzar took away prisoner: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews:
Ezekiel 12:6
And before their eyes, take your goods on your back and go out in the dark; go with your face covered: for I have made you a sign to the children of Israel.