Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you must take from these a few in number, and you must tuck them in your hem.
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.
Amplified
Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes.
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.
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 A third you must burn with fire in the midst of the city at {the completion} of the days of the siege, and you must take a third, and you must strike [it] with the sword around it, and a third you must scatter to the wind, and I will draw a sword behind them. 3 And you must take from these a few in number, and you must tuck them in your hem. 4 And from them again you shall take [some], and you must throw them in the middle of the fire, and you must burn them with fire; from it a fire will go out to all of the house of Israel.
Cross References
Jeremiah 39:10
And some of the poor people, {who had nothing}, Nebuzaradan, [the] captain of [the] guard, left in the land of Judah. And he gave them vineyards and fields on that day.
Jeremiah 40:6
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, [at] Mizpah and stayed with him in the midst of the people who were left in the land.
Jeremiah 52:16
But Nebuzaradan [the] captain of [the] guard left [some] of the poor of the land [to serve] as vinedressers and farmers.
2 Kings 25:12
But the poor of the land the commander of the imperial guard left for the vineyards and for tilling.
Matthew 7:14
because narrow [is] the gate and constricted [is] the road that leads to life, and there are few who find it!
Luke 13:23-24
And someone said to him, "Lord, {are there only} a few who are saved?" And he said to them,
1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous are saved with difficulty, {what will become of the ungodly and the sinner}?