Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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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 you, son of man, set for yourself two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come. Both of them shall come out of one land. And create a hand at the head of the way to the city; create it. 20 You shall set a way that the sword may enter into Rabbah of the Ammonites, and into Judah, into fortified Jerusalem. 21 For the king of Babylon shall stand at the parting of the way, at the head of the two highways, to practice divination. He shall shake arrows; he shall ask household idols; he shall look at the liver.
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:2
So, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will cause a shout of war to be heard in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. And it shall be a heap of ruins, and her daughter-villages shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall inherit his inheritance, says Jehovah.
Amos 1:14
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour its palaces with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the rest of the giants. Behold! His bedstead was a bedstead of iron. Is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its width, according to the cubit of a man.
Ezekiel 25:5
And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the Ammonites a crouching-place for flocks. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.
Psalm 48:12-13
Walk around Zion, and go all around it; count the towers of it,
Psalm 125:1-2
A Song of degrees. They who trust in Jehovah shall be like Mount Zion; it is not shaken, but remains forever.
2 Samuel 5:9
And David lived in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built all around, from Millo and inward.
2 Samuel 12:26
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and took the royal city.
2 Chronicles 26:9
And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate, and at the Turning, and fortified them.
2 Chronicles 32:5
And he made himself strong and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
2 Chronicles 33:14
And after this he built a wall outside the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and went around Ophel, and raised it to a very great height. And he put army commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Isaiah 22:10
And you have counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you have broken down the houses to fortify the wall.
Lamentations 4:12
The kings of the earth, and all the people of the world, would not have believed that the foe and the hater would go into Jerusalem's gates.