Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Gather together the best pieces of meat on it including the thighs and the shoulders and fill it with the choicest bones.
New American Standard Bible
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
King James Version
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
Holman Bible
every good piece—
thigh and shoulder.
Fill it with choice bones.
A Conservative Version
Gather the pieces of it into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
American Standard Version
gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
Amplified
“Put in it the pieces [of meat],
Every good piece (the people of Jerusalem), the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
Bible in Basic English
And get the bits together, the fat tail, every good part, the leg and the top part of it: make it full of the best bones.
Darby Translation
Gather the pieces thereof into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones:
Julia Smith Translation
Gather its pieces into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill with the choice of the bones.
King James 2000
Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Gather its pieces to it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder, fill it [with] choice bones;
Modern King James verseion
Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice bones.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
put all the pieces together in it, all the good pieces: the loin and the shoulder, and fill it with the best bones.
NET Bible
add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.
New Heart English Bible
gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
The Emphasized Bible
Gather the pieces thereof into it, Every good piece thigh and shoulder, With the choice of the bones, fill it:
Webster
Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
World English Bible
gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
Youngs Literal Translation
To gather its pieces unto it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, the choice of the bones to fill in.
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
Interlinear
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References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
3 So compose a parable for the rebellious house. Tell them, "This is what the Lord God says: "Prepare your pot for boiling! Set it in place. Fill it up with water, too. 4 Gather together the best pieces of meat on it including the thighs and the shoulders and fill it with the choicest bones. 5 Take the best bones from the flock, pile wood under the pot for the bones, bring it to a boil, and then cook the bones in it."'"
Names
Cross References
Micah 3:2-3
you who despise good and love evil, who tear off the skin of my people, along with the flesh from their bones.
Ezekiel 22:18-22
"Son of Man, Israel has become like dross to me. All of them are like remnants of bronze, tin, iron, and lead in a furnace the dross left over from smelting silver.
Matthew 7:2
because the way that you judge others will be the way that you will be judged, and you will be evaluated by the standard with which you evaluate others.