Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you, son of man, groan {with shaking hips}, and you must groan with bitterness 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.
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.
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 they will know, all creatures, that I, Yahweh, I will bring out my sword from its sheath; it will not return again!" ' 6 And you, son of man, groan {with shaking hips}, and you must groan with bitterness before their eyes. 7 {And then} when they say to you, 'On account of what [are] you groaning?' then you must say, 'On account of [the] report, for it [is] coming, and every heart will be weak and all hands will hang limp and every spirit will be disheartened, and all knees will go [like] water.' Look! It [is] coming, and it will happen!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, "Look away from me, let me {weep bitterly}; you must not insist on comforting me for the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Ezekiel 6:11
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Clap your hand and stamp with your foot, and say, "Alas, for all of the detestable things of the evil of the house of Israel, {because of which} they will fall with the sword, with the famine, and with the plague.
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my {heart moans} like harp for Moab and my inner parts for Kir-heres.
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my loins are filled [with] anguish; pangs have seized me, like [the] pangs of a woman giving birth. I am {too bent to hear}, I am {too dismayed to see}.
Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels, my bowels! I writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart is restless within me, I cannot keep silent, for I hear [in] my inner self the sound of a horn, [the] alarm of war.
Jeremiah 9:17-21
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Consider closely, and call for the wailing women, so that they come, and for the skillful women, so that they come.
Jeremiah 19:10
"Then you shall break the jar before the eyes of the men who go with you.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask please and see whether a male can bear a child. Why [do] I see every strong man [with] his hands on his loins like a woman giving birth? And [why] are all [their] faces changed to paleness?
Ezekiel 4:12
And [as a] bread-cake of barley you shall eat it, and {with human excrement} you shall bake it before their eyes."
Ezekiel 9:4
And Yahweh said to him, "Go through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and you must place a mark on the foreheads of the men {who are groaning and lamenting} about all of the detestable things {that are being done} in the midst of her."
Ezekiel 12:3-5
And you, son of man, prepare for yourself [the] baggage of an exile, and go into exile by day before their eyes. And you must go into exile from your place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will see that they [are] a house of rebellion.
Ezekiel 21:12
Cry and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all of the princes of Israel. They are thrown to [the] sword with my people; therefore {strike your thigh}.
Ezekiel 37:20
And the [pieces of] wood [on] which you wrote will be in your hand before their eyes.
Daniel 5:6
Then his face changed and his thoughts terrified him, and {his hip joints gave way} and {his knees knocked together}.
Daniel 8:27
And I, Daniel, was overcome, and I became ill for [some] days, and I {performed} the business of the king, and I was dismayed over the vision and {I did not understand it}.
Nahum 2:10
Emptiness and plundering and devastation! Their hearts faint and their knees tremble, {All their loins shake} and all their faces {turn} pale.
Habakkuk 3:16
I hear and my stomach shakes; my lips quiver at the sound; infection enters my bones; that which [is] beneath me trembles; I wait quietly for the day of trouble to come upon the people attacking us.
John 11:33-35
Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled within himself.