Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it.
New American Standard Bible
And also pile
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”
King James Version
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
Holman Bible
and also pile up the fuel
Bring it to a boil
and cook the bones in it.”
International Standard Version
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."'"
A Conservative Version
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]. Make it boil well, yea, let the bones of it be boiled in the midst of it.
American Standard Version
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron ; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.
Amplified
“Take the choicest of the flock,
And also pile wood under the pot.
Make it boil vigorously
And boil its bones in the pot.”
Darby Translation
take the choice of the flock; and also put a pile of wood under it, for the bones; make it boil well, and let the bones of it seethe therein.
Julia Smith Translation
Take the choice of the flock and also wheel the bones under it, boil its boilings; also they cooked the bones in the midst of it
King James 2000
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe its bones in it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones under it; {boil it vigorously}; indeed, its bones boiled in the midst of it." '"
Modern King James verseion
Take the choice of the flock, and also burn the bones under it; make it boil high, and let them boil its bones in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take one of the best sheep, and a heap of bones withal: let it boil well, and let the bones seethe well therein.
NET Bible
Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.
New Heart English Bible
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst."'
The Emphasized Bible
Take of the choice of the rock, Moreover also pe of bones place under it,- Bo the pieces thereof, Yea let the bones of it seethe in the midst thereof.
Webster
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it.
World English Bible
Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst.
Youngs Literal Translation
The choice of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst.
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
Interlinear
Laqach
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
4 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. 5 Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it. 6 For this is what the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood, the cooking-pot which is unclean inside, which has never been made clean! take out its bits; its fate is still to come on it.
Cross References
Jeremiah 52:10
And the king of Babylon put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes: and he put to death all the rulers of Judah in Riblah.
Jeremiah 52:24-27
And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and the three door-keepers;
Jeremiah 39:6
Then the king of Babylon put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes in Riblah: and the king of Babylon put to death all the great men of Judah.
Ezekiel 20:47
And say to the woodland of the South, Give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has said: See, I will have a fire lighted in you, for the destruction of every green tree in you and every dry tree: the flaming flame will not be put out, and all faces from the south to the north will be burned by it.
Ezekiel 24:9-10
For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.
Ezekiel 34:16-17
I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.
Ezekiel 34:20
For this reason the Lord has said to them, Truly, I, even I, will be judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.