Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man. With the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness thou shall sigh before their eyes.
New American Standard Bible
As for you, son of man, groan with breaking
King James Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Holman Bible
“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart
International Standard Version
"And now, Son of Man, you are to start groaning until you're sick to your stomach. You are to groan bitterly right in front of them.
American Standard Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
Amplified
As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.
Bible in Basic English
Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.
Darby Translation
Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou son of man, sigh with the breaking of the loins; and with bitterness thou shalt sigh before their eyes.
King James 2000
Sigh therefore, you son of man, with breaking heart; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you, son of man, groan {with shaking hips}, and you must groan with bitterness before their eyes.
Modern King James verseion
And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your loins; and groan with bitterness before their eyes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mourn therefore, O thou son of man, that thy loins crack withal; yea mourn bitterly for them.
NET Bible
"And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.
New Heart English Bible
"Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your thighs and with bitterness you will sigh before their eyes.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou, therefore O son of man sigh, - In the sharp pain of thy loins and in bitterness, shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
Webster
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
World English Bible
Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your thighs and with bitterness you will sigh before their eyes.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 21:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Vision Of The Avenging Sword Of Yahweh
5 And all flesh shall know that I, LORD, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath. It shall not return any more. 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man. With the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness thou shall sigh before their eyes. 7 And it shall be, when they say to thee, Why do thou sigh? That thou shall say, Because of the news. For it comes, and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Ezekiel 6:11
Thus says lord LORD: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-heres.
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish. Pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail. I am pained so that I cannot hear. I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
Jeremiah 9:17-21
Thus says LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come.
Jeremiah 19:10
Then thou shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with thee,
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask ye now, and see whether a man travails with child. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Ezekiel 4:12
And thou shall eat it as barley cakes, and thou shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.
Ezekiel 9:4
And LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and who cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.
Ezekiel 12:3-5
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for moving, and move by day in their sight. And thou shall move from thy place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 21:12
Cry and wail, son of man, for it is upon my people. It is upon all the rulers of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Smite therefore upon thy thigh.
Ezekiel 37:20
And the sticks on which thou write shall be in thy hand before their eyes.
Daniel 5:6
Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him. And the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Daniel 8:27
And I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days. Then I rose up, and did the king's business. And I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.
Nahum 2:10
She is empty, and void, and waste. And the heart melts, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all have grown pale.
Habakkuk 3:16
I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
John 11:33-35
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who gathered with her, weeping, he groaned in the spirit, and was himself troubled.