Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by.
King James Version
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
Holman Bible
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.
International Standard Version
The desolate fields will be cultivated, replacing the former wasteland that everyone who passed by in times past had noticed.
A Conservative Version
And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.
American Standard Version
And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.
Amplified
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by.
Bible in Basic English
And the land which was waste will be farmed, in place of being a waste in the eyes of everyone who went by.
Darby Translation
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.
Julia Smith Translation
And the desolate land shall be worked instead of its being a desolation before the eyes of all passing by.
King James 2000
And the desolate land shall be tilled, instead of lying desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the land that was desolate will be cultivated in {the very place that} it was desolate before [the] eyes of all of [the persons] crossing over.
Modern King James verseion
And the waste land shall be tilled, instead of being a ruin before all passing by.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The desolate land shall be builded again, which afore time lay waste in the sight of all them that went by.
NET Bible
The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.
New Heart English Bible
The land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.
The Emphasized Bible
And the land that was made desolate shall be tilled, - Whereas it was a desolation, before the eyes of every passer-by;
Webster
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
World English Bible
The land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the desolate land is tilled, Instead of which it was a desolation before the eyes of every passer by,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 36:34
Verse Info
Context Readings
I Will Put My Spirit Within You
33 This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'On the day that I cleanse you from all your wickedness, I will cause your cities to be lived in again, and your ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by. 35 People will say: This wasteland has become like the Garden of Eden. The cities were destroyed. They were empty and ruined, but now they are fortified and have people living in them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:23-28
All its land is brimstone and salt. It is a burning waste, unsown and unproductive. No grass grows on it. Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his wrath.
2 Chronicles 36:21
This fulfilled the word of Jehovah that was spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept Sabbath until seventy years were complete.
Jeremiah 25:9-11
so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, says Jehovah. I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.
Ezekiel 6:14
I will stretch out my hand (use my power) against them and destroy the land from the desert to Diblah. THEN THEY WILL KNOW THAT I AM JEHOVAH!'