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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?
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.
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 the Lord, say: "A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished,
10
Polished
Or shall we rejoice, the
Cross References
Psalm 110:5-6
The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
Ezekiel 20:47
Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the LORD: Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it.
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,
Esther 3:15
The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.
Psalm 2:7-9
I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
Psalm 89:26-32
He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'
Psalm 89:38-45
But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your 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
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD, or see the work of his hands.
Isaiah 22:12-14
In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
Isaiah 34:5-6
For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; behold, it descends for judgment upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
Jeremiah 46:4
Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your armor!
Ezekiel 19:11-14
Its strong stems became rulers' scepters; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
Ezekiel 21:25-27
And you, O profanewicked one, prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of your final punishment,
Amos 6:3-7
O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?
Nahum 1:10
For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
Nahum 3:3
Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end-- they stumble over the bodies!
Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
Luke 21:34-35
"But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
Revelation 2:27
and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.