Parallel Verses
Amplified
Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes.
New American Standard Bible
Take also a few in number from
King James Version
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Holman Bible
But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.
International Standard Version
You are to preserve a few strands of hair and hide them in the folds of your garment.
A Conservative Version
And thou shall take from it a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Bible in Basic English
And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;
Julia Smith Translation
And take from thence a few in number and bind them in thy wings.
King James 2000
You shall also take some of them, and bind them in your garments.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you must take from these a few in number, and you must tuck them in your hem.
Modern King James verseion
Also you shall take a few of them in number, and tie them up in your skirts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet afterward take a little of the same, and bind it in thy coat lap.
NET Bible
But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.
New Heart English Bible
You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
The Emphasized Bible
and thou shalt take from thence, a few in number, - and shalt bind them in thy skirts;
Webster
Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
World English Bible
You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou hast taken thence a few in number -- and hast bound them in thy skirts;
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Shaves himself
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » Exemplified in pantomime
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 5:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel Dramatizes Jerusalem's Fall
2 You shall burn one third with fire in the center of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will unsheathe a sword behind them. 3 Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes. 4 Again take some hair and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.
Cross References
Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan the [Babylonian] captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.
Jeremiah 40:6
Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
Jeremiah 52:16
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the bodyguard left some of the unimportant and poorest people of the land to be vineyard workers and farmers.
Matthew 7:14
Luke 13:23-24
And someone asked Him, “Lord, will only a few be saved [from the penalties of the last judgment]?” And He said to them,
1 Peter 4:18
And if it is difficult for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the godless and the sinner?