Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
""He'll direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and will breach your fortified towers with axes.
New American Standard Bible
The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his
King James Version
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
Holman Bible
He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his iron tools.
A Conservative Version
And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
American Standard Version
And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
Amplified
He will direct the [shocking] blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his crowbars.
Bible in Basic English
He will put up his engines of war against your walls, and your towers will be broken down by his axes.
Darby Translation
and he shall set his engines of attack against thy walls, and with his spikes he shall break down thy towers.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will give the stroke of his front against thy walls, and with his sword he will tear down thy towers.
King James 2000
And he shall set battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and the thrust of his battering ram he will direct against your walls, and your towers he will break down with his weapons.
Modern King James verseion
And he shall set engines of war against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His slings and battle-rams shall he prepare for thy walls, and with his weapons break down thy towers.
NET Bible
He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.
New Heart English Bible
He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
The Emphasized Bible
And the stroke of his attacking-engine, will he direct against thy walls, - And thy tower., will he break down with his axes.
Webster
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
World English Bible
He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
Youngs Literal Translation
And a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons.
Themes
military Arms » Offensive: » Battle-axe
Nebuchadnezzar » Prophecies concerning
Sieges » Those engaged in » Employed battering rams, &c against the walls
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 26:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel Prophesies Against Tyre
8 He'll execute your citizens who live on the mainland with swords. He'll build siege engines to attack you. Then he'll construct siege ramps against you and build huge shields to protect themselves against you. 9 ""He'll direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and will breach your fortified towers with axes. 10 There will be so many horses that the dust raised by them will cover you completely. The walls of your city will tremble from the noise of Nebuchadnezzar's cavalry, wagons, and chariots when they enter through the gates of your city, as men enter a city that has been breached.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 26:15
He also had various siege engines built by skilled designers and placed them on the towers and on the corner ramparts that could fire arrows and very large stones. His reputation spread far and wide, and he was marvelously assisted until he grew very strong.