Parallel Verses

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,

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.

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.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And to the others
אלּה 
'el-leh 
Usage: 746

he said

Usage: 0

אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

Go
עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

ye after
אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and smite
נכה 
Nakah 
Usage: 501

let not your eye
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

חוּס 
Chuwc 
Usage: 24

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Yahweh's Avenging Messenger Destroys The Wicked In The City

4 and the LORD said unto him, "Go thy way through the city of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of them that mourn and are sorry for all the abominations that be done therein." 5 And to the other, he said that I might hear, "Go ye after him through the city: slay, oversee none, spare none, 6 kill and destroy both old man and young, maidens, children and wives. But as for those, that have the mark upon them: see that ye touch them not. And begin at my Sanctuary." Then they began at the elders, which were in the temple,

Cross References

Ezekiel 5:11

Wherefore as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, seeing thou hast defiled my Sanctuary with all manner of abominations and with all thy shameful offenses: For this cause will I also destroy thee. Mine eye shall not oversee thee, neither will I spare thee.

Exodus 32:27

And he said unto them, "Thus sayeth the LORD of Israel, 'Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the host: and slay every man his brother, every man his friend and every man his neighbor."

Numbers 25:7-8

And when Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up out of the company and took a weapon in his hand,

Deuteronomy 32:39-42

"'See, now, how that I - I am he: and that there is no God but I. I can kill, and make alive; and what I have smitten, that I can heal. Neither is there that can deliver any man out of my hand.

1 Samuel 9:15

But the LORD had told Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,

1 Kings 18:40

Then said Elijah unto them, "Lay hands on the Prophets of Baal - let not one of them escape." And when they had taken them, Elijah brought them down unto the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

Isaiah 5:9

The LORD of Hosts roundeth me thus in mine ear: Shall not many greater and more gorgeous houses be so waste, that no man shall dwell in them?

Isaiah 22:14

Nevertheless, when the LORD of Hosts heard of it, he said: "Yea, if this wickedness of yours shall be remitted, ye must die for it." This hath the LORD God of Hosts spoken.

Ezekiel 7:4

Mine eye shall not oversee thee, neither will I spare thee: but reward thee according to thy ways, and declare thy abominations. Then shall ye know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 7:9

Mine eye shall not oversee thee, neither will I spare thee; but reward thee after thy ways, and show thy abominations, to learn you for to know how that I am the LORD that smiteth.

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore will I also do something in my wrathful displeasure: so that mine eye shall not oversee them, neither will I spare them. Yea, and though they cry in mine ears with loud voice, yet will I not hear them."

Ezekiel 9:10

Therefore will I upon them; mine eye shall not oversee them, neither will I spare them, but will recompense their wickedness upon their heads."

Ezekiel 24:14

Even I the LORD have so devised: Yea, it is come thereto already, that I will do it. I will not go back, I will not spare, I will not be intreated: but according to thy ways and imaginations, thou shalt be punished, sayeth the LORD God.'"

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