Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite. Let not your eye spare, nor have ye pity.
New American Standard Bible
But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.
King James Version
And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
Holman Bible
He spoke as I listened to the others, “Pass through the city after him and start killing; do not show pity or spare them!
International Standard Version
As I continued to listen, he also told the others, "Follow him through the city and start killing. Don't spare anyone you see, and don't show pity of any kind.
American Standard Version
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
Amplified
But to the others I heard Him say, “Follow him [the man with the scribe’s writing case] throughout the city and strike; do not let your eyes have pity and do not spare [anyone].
Bible in Basic English
And to these he said in my hearing, Go through the town after him using your axes: do not let your eyes have mercy, and have no pity:
Darby Translation
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have pity.
Julia Smith Translation
And to these he said in mine ears, Pass through into the city after him, and strike: your eye shall not spare, and ye shall not pity.
King James 2000
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go you after him through the city, and kill: let not your eye spare, neither have you pity:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And to the others he said in my hearing, "Go through the city behind him and kill! Your eyes shall not take pity, and you shall not have compassion.
Modern King James verseion
And He said to those in my hearing, Go over in the city after him, and strike. Let not your eye spare, nor have pity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And to the other, he said that I might hear, "Go ye after him through the city: slay, oversee none, spare none,
NET Bible
While I listened, he said to the others, "Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!
New Heart English Bible
To the others he said in my hearing, "Go through the city after him, and strike: do not let your eye spare, neither have pity;
The Emphasized Bible
But unto these, said he in mine ears, Pass along through the city after him and smite, - let not your eyes shield, neither have ye pity:
Webster
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
World English Bible
To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have pity;
Youngs Literal Translation
And to the others he said in mine ears, 'Pass on into the city after him, and smite; your eye doth not pity, nor do ye spare;
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 9:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Avenging Messenger Destroys The Wicked In The City
4 And LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and who cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it. 5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite. Let not your eye spare, nor have ye pity. 6 Kill utterly the old man, the young man, and the virgin, and little sons, and women, but come not near any man upon whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men who were before the house.
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 5:11
Therefore, as I live, says lord LORD, surely, because thou have defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore I also will diminish [thee], nor shall my eye spare. And I also will ha
Exodus 32:27
And he said to them, Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man
Numbers 25:7-8
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.
Deuteronomy 32:39-42
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
1 Samuel 9:15
Now LORD had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
1 Kings 18:40
and Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
Isaiah 5:9
In my ears [says] LORD of hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Isaiah 22:14
And LORD of hosts revealed himself in my ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, says the Lord, LORD of hosts.
Ezekiel 7:4
And my eye shall not spare thee, nor will I have pity. But I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee. And ye shall know that I am LORD.
Ezekiel 7:9
And my eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. I will bring upon thee according to thy ways. And thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee. And ye shall know that I, LORD, do smite.
Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
Ezekiel 9:10
And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
Ezekiel 24:14
I, LORD, have spoken it. It shall come to pass, and I will do it. I will not go back. I will neither spare, nor will I repent. According to thy ways, and according to thy doings, they shall judge thee, says lord LORD.