Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt set the way for the sword to come to Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
New American Standard Bible
You shall
King James Version
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
Holman Bible
Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonites
International Standard Version
"Make a sign, carving it out and installing it at the junction on the way to the city. Set it to point one way for bringing the sword against Rabbah, the descendants of Ammon, and the other way against Judah and fortified Jerusalem.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
Amplified
You shall point out a way for the [Babylonian] sword to come to Rabbah [the capital] of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.
Darby Translation
Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fenced city of Jerusalem.
King James 2000
Mark the way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You must mark a road for [the] coming of [the] sword [to] Rabbah of the {Ammonites} and [to] Judah, in Jerusalem [the] fortified.
Modern King James verseion
You shall set a way that the sword may enter into Rabbah of the Ammonites, and into Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Make thee a street, that the sword may come toward Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to the strong city of Jerusalem.
NET Bible
Mark out the routes for the sword to take: "Rabbah of the Ammonites" and "Judah with Jerusalem in it."
New Heart English Bible
You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem, the fortified.
The Emphasized Bible
A way, shalt thou appoint, for the sword to enter. Even to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, - And to Judah against Jerusalem, the defenced,
Webster
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
World English Bible
You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
Youngs Literal Translation
A way appoint for the coming of the sword, Unto Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, And to Judah, in Jerusalem -- the fenced.
Themes
Ammonites » Prophecies concerning
Babylon » Predictions respecting » Conquests by
Rabbah » Also called rabbath » Possessed again by the ammonites; prophesied against
Topics
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 21:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Vision Of The Avenging Sword Of Yahweh
19 And thou son of man, set to thee two ways for the sword of the king of Babel to come: from one land shall come forth they two, and form thou a hand, form upon the head of the way of the city. 20 Thou shalt set the way for the sword to come to Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified. 21 For the king of Babel stood at the mother of the way in the head of the two ways, to divine a divination; he shook with the arrows, he asked in the family gods, he looked in the liver.
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:2
For this, behold, the days coming, says Jehovah, and I caused to be heard the alarm of war to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon; and it was for a heap of desolation, and her daughters shall be burned with fire; and Israel shall inherit those inheriting him, says Jehovah.
Amos 1:14
And I kindled a fire in the walls of Rabbah, and it devoured her palaces with a loud noise in the day of war, with a storm in the day of whirlwind:
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og, king Of Bashan, remained from the remnant of the Rephaims; behold, his bed, a bed of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits its length and four cubits its breadth, according to the cubit of a man.
Ezekiel 25:5
And I gave Rabbah for a rest of camels, and the sons of Ammon for a place of lying down of sheep, and ye knew that I am Jehovah.
Psalm 48:12-13
Surround ye Zion, and go round about her: recount her towers.
Psalm 125:1-2
Song of ascensions. They trusting in Jehovah are as mount Zion; it shall not be moved; remaining forever.
2 Samuel 5:9
And David will dwell in the fastness, and he will call it the city of David. And David will build round about from Millo and its house.
2 Samuel 12:26
And Joab will fight against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and he will take the city of the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 26:9
And Uzziah will build towers in Jerusalem at the gate of the corner, and at the gate of the valley, and at the angle, and he will strengthen them.
2 Chronicles 32:5
And he will strengthen himself and build all the wall broken down, and he will go up upon the towers, and to without another wall, and he will strengthen the filling up of the city of David, and he will make darts for abundance, and shields.
2 Chronicles 33:14
And after this he built a wall outside to the city of David from the west to Gihon, in the valley to the entering into the gate of fishes, and it turned round about to the hill, and he will lift it up greatly, and he will set chiefs of the army in all the fortified cities in Judah.
Isaiah 22:10
The houses of Jerusalem ye numbered, and ye will break down the houses to fortify the wall.
Lamentations 4:12
The kings of the earth believed not, and all those dwelling in the habitable globe, that the enemy will come in to the gates of Jerusalem.