Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness 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.
A Conservative Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man. With the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness thou shall sigh before their eyes.
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.
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 Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more. 6 Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 22:4
Therefore said I, Look away from me; let me weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Ezekiel 6:11
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the abominations of the iniquities of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirheres.
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels! my bowels! I am in travail! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace: for thou hearest, my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the clamour of war.
Jeremiah 9:17-21
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come;
Jeremiah 19:10
And thou shalt break the flagon in the sight of the men that go with thee,
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask ye now, and see, whether a male doth travail with child? Wherefore 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 shalt eat it as barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
Ezekiel 9:4
and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel 12:3-5
And thou, son of man, prepare thee a captive's baggage, and go captive by day in their sight; and thou shalt go captive 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 howl, son of man; for it shall be against my people, it shall be against all the princes of Israel: they are given up to the sword along with my people: smite therefore upon the thigh.
Ezekiel 37:20
And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.
Daniel 5:6
Then the king's countenance was changed, 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 was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
Nahum 2:10
She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale.
Habakkuk 3:16
I heard, and my belly trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place, That I might rest in the day of distress, When their invader shall come up against the people.
John 11:33-35
Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled,