Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Bear thou the bones together, kindle thou the fire, seeth the flesh, let all be well sodden, that the bones may be sucked out.

New American Standard Bible

“Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
Boil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.

King James Version

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

Holman Bible

Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!
Cook the meat well
and mix in the spices!
Let the bones be burned!

International Standard Version

Pile up the wood! Make the fire burn hot. Boil the meat! Mix the seasonings. Burn those bones to a crisp!

A Conservative Version

Heap on the wood; make the fire hot. Boil the flesh well, and make the broth thick. And let the bones be burned.

American Standard Version

Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.

Amplified


“Heap on wood, kindle the fire,
Boil the meat well [done]
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.

Bible in Basic English

Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.

Darby Translation

Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, boil thoroughly the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

Julia Smith Translation

Multiply the woods, kindle the fire, make ready the flesh, and spice with spicing, and the bones shall be burned.

King James 2000

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish [cooking] the meat, and mix [in] the spices, and let the bones be burned.

Modern King James verseion

And heap on the wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and mix in the spice, and let the bones be burned.

NET Bible

Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.

New Heart English Bible

Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.

The Emphasized Bible

Heap on the wood Kindle the fire, Consume the flesh, Yea season with spice, And let the bones be scorched.

Webster

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

World English Bible

Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.

Youngs Literal Translation

Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רבה 
Rabah 
Usage: 224

on wood
עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

דּלק 
Dalaq 
Usage: 9

the fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

תּמם 
Tamam 
Usage: 63

the flesh
בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

and spice
רקח 
Raqach 
Usage: 8

it well
מרקחה 
merqachah 
Usage: 2

and let the bones
עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

References

Easton

Context Readings

The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife

9 Wherefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: O woe be unto that bloodthirsty city, for whom I will prepare a heap of wood. 10 Bear thou the bones together, kindle thou the fire, seeth the flesh, let all be well sodden, that the bones may be sucked out. 11 Moreover, set the pot empty upon the coals, that it may be warm and the metal hot: that the filth and rustiness may be consumed.


Cross References

Jeremiah 17:3

Wherefore, I will make all your substance and treasure be spoiled, for the great sin that ye have done upon your high places throughout all the coasts of your land.

Jeremiah 20:5

Moreover, all the substance of this land, all their precious and gorgeous works, all costliness, and all the treasure of the kings of Judah, will I give into the hands of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and carry them unto Babylon.

Lamentations 1:10

{Yod} The enemy hath put his hand to all the precious things that she had, yea even before her eyes came the Heathen in and out of the Sanctuary: whom thou, nevertheless, hast forbidden to come within thy congregation.

Lamentations 2:16

{Ayin} All thine enemies gape upon thee, whispering and biting their teeth, saying, "Let us devour, for the time that we looked for is come: we have found and seen it."

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