Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whereunto he answered me, and said, "Well then, I will grant thee to take cow's dung, for the dung of a man, and to strike the bread over withal, before them."
New American Standard Bible
Then He said to me, “See, I will give you cow’s dung in place of human dung over which you will prepare your bread.”
King James Version
Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
Holman Bible
He replied to me, “Look, I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you can make your bread over that.”
International Standard Version
"Okay," he responded. "I'll allow you to substitute cow's dung for human dung. Cook your food over that."
A Conservative Version
Then he said to me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shall prepare thy bread of it.
American Standard Version
Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.
Amplified
Then He said to me, “See, I will let you use cow’s dung instead of human dung over which you shall prepare your food.”
Bible in Basic English
Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's waste in place of man's waste, and you will make your bread ready on it.
Darby Translation
And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say to me, See, I gave to thee the dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and make thy bread upon them.
King James 2000
Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given you cow's dung for human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to me, "See I will give you {cattle manure} in the place of the feces of a human, and you may prepare your food on it."
Modern King James verseion
Then He said to me, Lo, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread with it.
NET Bible
So he said to me, "All right then, I will substitute cow's manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it."
New Heart English Bible
Then he said to me, "Behold, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread thereon."
The Emphasized Bible
So then he said unto me, See I have granted thee cows dung for mans dung, - and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereupon.
Webster
Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them.
World English Bible
Then he said to me, Behold, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread thereon.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He saith unto me, 'See, I have given to thee bullock's dung instead of man's dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.'
Themes
Bread » How prepared » On coals of dung
Instruction » Eating bread mixed with dung
Prayer » Answered » Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction changed
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Nathan
Baqar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 4:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel's Strange Defiled Meal
14 Then said I, "O LORD God: Behold, my soul was yet never stained, for from my youth up to this hour. I did never eat of a dead carcass, or that which was slain of wild beasts, neither came there ever any unclean flesh in my mouth." 15 Whereunto he answered me, and said, "Well then, I will grant thee to take cow's dung, for the dung of a man, and to strike the bread over withal, before them." 16 And he said unto me, "Behold thou son of man, I will minish all the provision of bread in Jerusalem, so that they shall weigh their bread, and eat it with scarceness. But as for water, they shall have a very little measure thereof, to drink.