Parallel Verses
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.
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,
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;
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,
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 These three men in its midst, I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if sons and if daughters they shall deliver; they alone shall be delivered, and the land shall be a desolation. 17 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. 18 And these three men in its midst, I live, says the Lord Jehovah, they shall not deliver sons and daughters, for they alone shall be delivered.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 26:25
And I brought upon you the sword to avenge vengeance of the covenant: and ye were gathered into your cities and I sent death in the midst of you, and ye were given into the hand of the enemy.
Ezekiel 21:3-4
And say to the land of Israel, Thus said Jehovah: behold me against thee, and I brought forth my sword from its sheath, and I cut off from thee the just and the unjust
Ezekiel 5:12
A third of thee in death shall die, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third shall fall by the sword round about thee; and the third I will scatter to every wind, and I will draw out the sword after them.
Ezekiel 25:13
For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: and I stretched out my hand upon Edom, and I cut of from her man and cattle; and I gave her a waste from the south; and Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Zephaniah 1:3
I will take away man and cattle; I will take away the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with. the unjust; and I cut off man from the face of the earth, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 47:6
Alas, thou sword of Jehovah, till when wilt thou rest? be gathered to thy sheath; be quiet and be still.
Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, if a land shall sin against me to cover a transgression, and I stretched forth my hands upon it, and I broke to it the staff of bread, and sent famine upon it, and I cut off from it man and cattle:
Jeremiah 25:9
Behold me sending, and I took all the families of the north, says Jehovah, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, my servant, and I brought them against this land and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and I devoted them to destruction, and I set them for a desolation and for a hissing, and for perpetual wastes.
Jeremiah 33:12
Thus said Jehovah of armies: Yet shall be in this place being laid waste without man and without cattle, and in all its cities, the habitation of the shepherds causing the sheep to lie down.
Ezekiel 5:17
And I sent upon you famine and the evil beast, and it bereaved thee; and death and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I Jehovah spake.
Ezekiel 21:9-15
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus said Jehovah: say, A sword, a sword was sharpened, and also polished.
Ezekiel 29:8
For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me bringing the sword upon thee, and I cut off from thee man and cattle.
Ezekiel 38:21-22
And I called to all my mountains a sword against him, says the Lord Jehovah: and the sword of each shall be against his brother.
Hosea 4:3
For this the land shall mourn, and every one in it languished with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of the heavens; and also the fish of the sea shall be taken away.