Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Son of man, record the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
New American Standard Bible
“Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon
King James Version
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
Holman Bible
“Son of man, write down today’s date, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
International Standard Version
"Son of Man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem on this very day.
A Conservative Version
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, [even] of this selfsame day; the king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this selfsame day.
American Standard Version
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day: the king of Babylon drew close unto Jerusalem this selfsame day.
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, put down in writing this very day: The king of Babylon let loose the weight of his attack against Jerusalem on this very day.
Darby Translation
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, of this selfsame day: on this selfsame day the king of Babylon draws near to Jerusalem.
Julia Smith Translation
Son of man, write to thee the name of the day, this same day: the king of Babel set up against Jerusalem this same day.
King James 2000
Son of man, write you the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Son of man, write for yourself the name of the day, {this very day}. The king of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem on exactly this day!
Modern King James verseion
Son of man, write for yourself the name of the day, even of this same day. The king of Babylon has leaned toward Jerusalem this same day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"O thou son of man, write up the name of this day; yea, even the hour of this present day when the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem.
NET Bible
"Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
New Heart English Bible
"Son of man, write the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day.
The Emphasized Bible
Son of man. Write thee the name of the day, this selfsame day, - the king of Babylon cast himself against Jerusalem, on this selfsame day.
Webster
Son of man, Write for thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
World English Bible
Son of man, write the name of the day, [even] of this same day: the king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day.
Youngs Literal Translation
Son of man, write for thee the name of the day -- this self-same day leaned hath the king of Babylon toward Jerusalem in this self-same day --
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
1
Again in the ninth year [of King Jehoiachin’s captivity by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon], in the tenth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, record the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
3
Speak a parable against the rebellious house [of Judah] and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
Cross References
2 Kings 25:1
Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he with all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it and built siege works surrounding it.
Jeremiah 39:1
Now regarding the capture of Jerusalem: In the ninth year of [the reign of] Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it;
Jeremiah 52:4
Now it came about in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem; and they camped against it and built moveable towers and siege mounds all around it.
Isaiah 8:1
Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet [for public display] and write on it in ordinary characters: Belonging to
Isaiah 30:8-9
Now, go, write it on a tablet before them
And inscribe it on a scroll,
So that it may serve in the time to come
As a witness [against them] forevermore.
Habakkuk 2:2-3
Then the Lord answered me and said,
“Write the vision
And engrave it plainly on [clay] tablets
So that the one who reads it will run.