Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded.
New American Standard Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.
King James Version
So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Holman Bible
I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. The next morning I did just as I was commanded.
International Standard Version
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died that evening. The next morning, I did as I had been commanded.
A Conservative Version
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.
American Standard Version
So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Amplified
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and
Bible in Basic English
So in the morning I was teaching the people and in the evening death took my wife; and in the morning I did what I had been ordered to do.
Darby Translation
And I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Julia Smith Translation
And I shall speak to the people in the morning and my wife will die in the evening and I shall do in the morning as I was commanded.
King James 2000
So I spoke unto the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and I did in the morning {just as} I was commanded.
Modern King James verseion
So I spoke to the people in the morning. And in the evening my wife died, and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
NET Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I acted just as I was commanded.
New Heart English Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
The Emphasized Bible
So I spake unto the people in the morning, and my wife died in the even, - and I did in the morning, as I had been commanded.
Webster
So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
World English Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.
Themes
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Of ministers and prophets
Afflictions » Of ministers and prophets
Bereavement » And to ezekiel, for his wife
Bread » Served round after funerals
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Does not show mourning upon the death of his wife
Ministers » Support of » Afflictions of
Prophets » Frequently married men
Symbols and similitudes » Mourning forbidden
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
17 Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread." 18 So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded. 19 And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?"
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:29-30
This say I, brethren: the time is short. It remaineth that they which have wives, be as though they had none: