Parallel Verses
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;
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,
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.
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," says the Lord GOD, "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 on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land'; so that I cut off from it man and animal; 18 though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 26:25
I will bring a sword upon you, that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Ezekiel 21:3-4
and tell the land of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
Ezekiel 5:12
A third part of you shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of you; and a third part shall fall by the sword around you; and a third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel 25:13
therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even to Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
Zephaniah 1:3
I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 47:6
You sword of the LORD, "how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still."
Ezekiel 14:13
"Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;
Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' says the LORD, 'and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Jeremiah 33:12
Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Ezekiel 5:17
and I will send on you famine and evil animals, and they shall bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword on you: I, the LORD, have spoken it.'"
Ezekiel 21:9-15
"Son of man, prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the LORD: Say, "A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;
Ezekiel 29:8
"'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.
Ezekiel 38:21-22
I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains,' says the Lord GOD: 'every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away, all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.