Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 "Thou son of man, prophesy and speak, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: speak, the sword is sharpened and well scoured. 10 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. 11 He hath put his sword to the dighting, that good hold may be taken of it. This sword is sharpened and dight, that it may be given into the hand of the manslayer.'
Cross References
Psalm 110:5-6
The LORD upon thy righthand shall smite even kings in the day of his wrath.
Ezekiel 20:47
and say to the wood toward the south, 'Hear the word of the LORD, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, that shall consume thee green trees with the dry. No man shall be able to quench his flame, but all that looketh from the south to the north shall be burnt therein.
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his father and he shall be my son; insomuch that if he sin, I will but rebuke him with such a rod as men be rebuked with and with such plagues as the children of men be plagued with.
Esther 3:15
And the posts went in all the haste according to the king's commandment. And in the castle of Susa was the commandment devised. And the king and Haman sat and drank. But the city Susa was disquieted.
Psalm 2:7-9
As for me, I will preach the law, whereof the LORD hath said unto me, "Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
Psalm 89:26-32
He shall call me, "Thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my salvation.'
Psalm 89:38-45
But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine annointed, and art displeased at him.
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
In those companies are harps and lutes, tabrets and pipes, and wine. But they regard not the work of the LORD, and consider not the operation of his hands.
Isaiah 22:12-14
And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth.
Isaiah 34:5-6
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven, and shall immediately come down upon Idumaea, and upon the people which I have cursed for my vengeance.
Jeremiah 46:4
Ye harness your horses, and set yourselves upon them. Ye set your helmets fast on, ye bring forth your spears. Ye scour your swords, and put on your breastplates.
Ezekiel 19:11-14
her stalks were so strong that men might have made staves thereof for officers, she grew so high in her stalks. So when men saw that she exceeded the height and multitude of her branches,
Ezekiel 21:25-27
O thou shameful wicked guide of Israel whose day is come, even the time that wickedness shall have an end:
Amos 6:3-7
Ye are taken out for the evil day, even ye that sit in the stole of willfulness;
Nahum 1:10
For like as the thorns that stick together, and as the dry straw, so shall the drunkards be consumed together, even when they be full.
Nahum 3:3
There the horsemen get up with naked swords, and glistering spears. There lieth a multitude slain, and a great heap of dead bodies. There is no end of dead corpses: yea, men fall upon their bodies.
Habakkuk 3:11
The Sun and Moon remained still in their habitation. Thine arrows went out glistering, and thy spears as the shine of the lightning.
Luke 21:34-35
Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcome with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this world: and that, that day come on you unawares.
Revelation 2:27
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall he break them to shivers. Even as I received of my father.