Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries are round about her.
New American Standard Bible
“Thus says the Lord
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
Holman Bible
“This is what the Lord God says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
International Standard Version
"This is what the Lord GOD says, "This is Jerusalem. I placed her in the center of nations, with many nations surrounding her.
A Conservative Version
Thus says lord LORD: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
Amplified
“Thus says the Lord God, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, and countries are around her.
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said: This is Jerusalem: I have put her among the nations, and countries are round her on every side;
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem; I set her in the midst of the nations and lands round about her.
King James 2000
Thus says the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This [is] Jerusalem in the midst of the nations [where] I have put her, and countries [are] around her.
Modern King James verseion
So says the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem. I have set it in the middle of the nations, and all around her are the lands.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, thus said the LORD God, "This same is Jerusalem. I set her in the midst of the Heathen and nations that are round about her:
NET Bible
"This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.
New Heart English Bible
"Thus says the Lord GOD: 'This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, This, is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations, I placed her, - and of the countries round about her;
Webster
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are around her.
World English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her are the lands.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 5:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel Dramatizes Jerusalem's Fall
4 and thou shalt take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: from it shall a fire come forth against all the house of Israel. 5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries are round about her. 6 And she hath rebelled against my judgments in wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for mine ordinances have they refused; and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
Cross References
Ezekiel 4:1
And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, Jerusalem:
Deuteronomy 4:6
And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Jeremiah 6:6
For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said: Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Ezekiel 16:14
And thy fame went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect through my magnificence, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Micah 5:7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, neither waiteth for the sons of men.
Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.
Luke 22:19-20
And having taken a loaf, when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1 Corinthians 10:4
and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed them: (now the rock was the Christ;)