Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And
And they will
With bitter mourning.
King James Version
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
Holman Bible
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.
International Standard Version
They'll shave their heads bald because of you. They'll dress themselves in sackcloth and weep for you with deep bitterness of heart, with the most pitiful of mourning.
A Conservative Version
And they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
American Standard Version
and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
Amplified
“And they will make themselves [completely] bald for you
And wrap themselves in sackcloth;
And in bitterness of soul they will weep for you
With bitter mourning and wailing.
Bible in Basic English
And they will have the hair of their heads cut off because of you, and will put haircloth on their bodies, weeping for you with bitter grief in their souls, even with bitter sorrow.
Darby Translation
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
Julia Smith Translation
And they made themselves bald with baldness for thee, and they girded themselves with sackcloth, and they wept for thee with bitterness of soul and bitter wailing.
King James 2000
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{They will shave themselves bald for your sake}, and they will dress themselves [in] sackcloth, and they will weep over you with bitterness of soul [and] with bitter wailing.
Modern King James verseion
And they will be bald for you, and gird with sackcloth. And they shall weep for you with bitterness of soul, a bitter wailing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They shall shave themselves, and put sackcloth upon them for thy sake. They shall mourn for thee with heartful sorrow
NET Bible
they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning.
New Heart English Bible
and they shall make themselves bald for you, and clothe them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
The Emphasized Bible
And shall make bald for thee a baldness And gird them with sackcloth, - And shall weep for time in bitterness of soul. A biter lamentation;
Webster
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
World English Bible
and they shall make themselves bald for you, and clothe them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul -- a bitter mourning.
Themes
Baldness » Artificial, a sign of mourning
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » All nations to be terrified at its destruction
Interlinear
Chagar
Bakah
Mar
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 27:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament For Doomed Tyre
30
And they will make their voice heard over you and will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.
31
And
And they will
With bitter mourning.
Cross References
Isaiah 16:9
So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. O Heshbon, O Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.
Isaiah 22:12
In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.
Ezekiel 7:18
They will put on sackcloth and they will tremble all over. Their heads will be shaved, and they will all be disgraced.
Isaiah 15:2
They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Everyone's head is bald and every beard is cut off.
Isaiah 22:4
I said: Turn away from me. Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.
Leviticus 21:5
You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. Do not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
Jeremiah 16:6
Both great and small men will die in this land. They will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.
Jeremiah 47:5
Gaza will shave its head in mourning. Ashkelon will be destroyed. How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains?
Jeremiah 48:37
They have all shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.'
Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation (dirges). I will bring sackcloth on all loins and baldness on every head. I will make it as the mourning for an only son like the end of a bitter day.
Micah 1:8
I [Micah] will lament and wail. I will go barefoot and naked. I will make a howling like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
Micah 1:16
Make yourself bald. Cut off your hair for the children of your delight! Enlarge your baldness as the eagle. For your children are gone into exile (captivity) from you.