Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
New American Standard Bible
Or if I should
King James Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Holman Bible
“Or if I bring a sword
International Standard Version
"Or if I were to bring war to that land and say, "Hey, sword! Pass throughout the land so I can destroy both man and beasts in it,'
A Conservative Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off from it man and beast,
Amplified
Or if I were to bring a sword on that land and say, ‘Let a sword go through the land and cut off man and animal from it,’
Bible in Basic English
Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:
Darby Translation
Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,
Julia Smith Translation
Or I shall bring a sword upon that land, and I said, Sword, thou shalt pass through the land; and I cut off from it man and cattle.
King James 2000
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Or, if I bring a sword over that land, and I say, 'Sword, let it cross over into the land!' And I will cut off from it [both] human and animal.
Modern King James verseion
Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Or if I bring a sword into the land, and charge it to go through the land, so that I slay down man and beast in it,
NET Bible
"Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through the land,' and I were to kill both people and animals.
New Heart English Bible
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land'; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
The Emphasized Bible
Or, a sword, I should bring upon that land, and should say. O sword! thou shalt go through the land, and so I should cut off therefrom, man and beast,
Webster
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
World English Bible
Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
Youngs Literal Translation
Or -- a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast --
Interlinear
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Karath
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 14:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jerusalem Will Not Be Spared
16 though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate. 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast; 18 though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 26:25
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Ezekiel 21:3-4
and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Ezekiel 5:12
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel 25:13
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, I will stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
Zephaniah 1:3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 47:6
O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.
Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast;
Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Jeremiah 33:12
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Ezekiel 5:17
and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Ezekiel 21:9-15
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;
Ezekiel 29:8
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.
Ezekiel 38:21-22
And I will call for a sword against him unto all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.