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A Conservative Version
It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Shall we then make mirth? It scorns the scepter of my son, every tree.
New American Standard Bible
Polished
Or shall we rejoice, the
King James Version
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
Holman Bible
polished to flash like lightning!
Should we rejoice?
The scepter of My son,
the sword despises every tree.
International Standard Version
It's being sharpened for slaughter, and being polished to gleam like lightning.' "We shouldn't be rejoicing, should we, while my Son's scepter, the sword, is despising every tree?
American Standard Version
it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree.
Amplified
‘It is sharpened to make a slaughter,
Polished to flash and glimmer like lightning!’
Shall we then rejoice [when such a disaster approaches]? But it rejects and views with contempt the scepter of My son [Judah].
Bible in Basic English
It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...
Darby Translation
It is sharpened for sore slaughter, it is furbished that it may glitter. Shall we then make mirth, saying, The sceptre of my son contemneth all wood?
Julia Smith Translation
In order to slaughter a slaughter it was sharpened; in order for lightning to be to it, it was polished; then shall we exult? the rod of my son despised, every tree.
King James 2000
It is sharpened to make a great slaughter; it is polished that it may flash like lightning: should we then make mirth? it despised the rod of my son, like every tree.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It is sharpened to slaughter a slaughter, {polished to flash like lightning}! Or will we rejoice? A rod, my son, [is] despising every tree.
Modern King James verseion
It is sharpened in order to slaughter; it is polished so that there may be a flash to it. Or shall we rejoice? You are despising the rod of My son, as if it were every tree.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Sharpened is it for the slaughter, and scoured that it may be bright. O, the destroying staff of my son shall bring down all wood.
NET Bible
It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning! "'Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!
New Heart English Bible
it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? The rod of my son, it condemns every tree.
The Emphasized Bible
To make a slaughter, is it sharpened, That it may flash as lightning, is it furbished. Or shall we flourish the royal rod of my son which despiseth every tree?
Webster
It is sharpened to make a grievous slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
World English Bible
it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it condemns every tree.
Youngs Literal Translation
So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 21:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Vision Of The Avenging Sword Of Yahweh
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says LORD: Say, A sword, a sword. It is sharpened, and also furbished. 10 It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Shall we then make mirth? It scorns the scepter of my son, every tree. 11 And it is given to be polished, that it may be handled. The sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
Cross References
Psalm 110:5-6
LORD at thy right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Ezekiel 20:47
And say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of LORD. Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree. The flaming flame shall not be quenched, and al
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men,
Esther 3:15
The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
Psalm 2:7-9
I will tell of the decree. LORD said to me, Thou are my son, this day I have begotten thee.
Psalm 89:26-32
He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Psalm 89:38-45
But thou have cast off and rejected. Thou have been angry with thine anointed.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance,
Isaiah 5:12-14
And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts, but they do not regard the work of LORD, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.
Isaiah 22:12-14
And in that day the Lord, LORD of hosts, called for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.
Isaiah 34:5-6
For my sword has drunk its fill in heaven. Behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Jeremiah 46:4
Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets. Furbish the spears. Put on the coats of mail.
Ezekiel 19:11-14
And it had strong twigs for the scepters of those who bore rule. And their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
Ezekiel 21:25-27
And thou, O deadly wounded wicked man, the ruler of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
Amos 6:3-7
Ye who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,
Nahum 1:10
For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.
Nahum 3:3
the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble upon their bodies,
Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, at the light of thine arrows as they went, at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Luke 21:34-35
But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
Revelation 2:27
And he will tend them with a rod of iron (they will be shattered like ceramic vessels), as I also have received from my Father.