Parallel Verses
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.
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?
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 said Jehovah: say, A sword, a sword was sharpened, and also polished. 10 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. 11 And he will give it to be polished, to be taken in the hand: this sword was sharpened, and it was polished to give it into the hand of him slaying.
Cross References
Psalm 110:5-6
Jehovah upon thy right hand crushed kings in the day of his anger.
Ezekiel 20:47
And say to the forest of the south, Hear thou the word of Jehovah; thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me kindling a fire in thee, and it consumed in thee every green tree and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north were burned in it.
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be to him for father, and he shall be to me for son; who in his sinning I struck him with the rod of men, and with the blows of the sons of men.
Esther 3:15
And they running went forth, being impelled by the word of the king, and the edict was given in Shushan the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; and the city Shushan was disquieted.
Psalm 2:7-9
I will recount for a law of Jehovah: He said to me, Thou my son; this day I begat thee.
Psalm 89:26-32
He shall call me, Thou my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation,
Psalm 89:38-45
And thou didst cast off, and thou wilt reject; thou didst overflow with thy Messiah.
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 there was the harp and the lyre, the drum and the pipe, and the wine of their drinking's: but the work of Jehovah they will not look at, and the work of his hands they saw not
Isaiah 22:12-14
And the Lord Jehovah of armies in that day will call to weeping and to wailing, and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:
Isaiah 34:5-6
For my sword was drunk in the heavens: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of destruction for judgment
Jeremiah 46:4
Harness the horses, and come up, ye horsemen, and stand in the helmets; polish the spears, and put on the coats of mail.
Ezekiel 19:11-14
And there will be to her rods of strength to the rods of those ruling, and his stature will be lifted up between the thick boughs, and he will be seen in his height from the multitude of his branches.
Ezekiel 21:25-27
And thou profane unjust prince of Israel, to whom his day came in the time of iniquity the end.
Amos 6:3-7
Extending to the evil day, and ye will bring near the seat of violence;
Nahum 1:10
For even to thorns surrounding them, and drinking to excess as drunkards, they shall be devoured as straw fully dried up.
Nahum 3:3
The horsemen also lifting up the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear: and a multitude of wounded, and the heavy carcass; and no end to the corpses; they shall stumble upon their dead bodies.
Habakkuk 3:11
The sun, the moon stood in her habitation: at the light of thine arrows they will go, at the shining of the lightning of thy spear.
Luke 21:34-35
And attend to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be loaded with dizziness, caused by excess, and drunkenness, and cares of life, and that day come upon you unexpectedly.
Revelation 2:27
And he will rule them with an iron rod; as vessels of earthen ware shall they be rubbed together: as I also have received of my Father.