Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town.
New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, “
King James Version
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
Holman Bible
Then He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain.
International Standard Version
"Desecrate my Temple," he told them, "and fill its courtyard with the dead!" So they went out and began striking down people throughout the city.
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
Amplified
And He said to the executioners, “Defile the temple and fill its courtyards with the dead. Go out!” So they went out and struck down the people in the city.
Darby Translation
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say to them, Defile the house, and fill the enclosures with the wounded: go ye forth. And they went forth and struck in the city.
King James 2000
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you forth. And they went forth, and killed in the city.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to them, "Defile the house and fill the courtyards [with] the dead; go out! And they went out, and they killed in the city.
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out! And they went out and killed in the city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for he had said unto them, "When ye have defiled the temple, and filled the court with the slain, then go your way forth." So they went out, and slew down through the city.
NET Bible
He said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!" So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.
New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth." They went forth, and struck in the city.
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them Defile ye the house and fl the courts with the slain, - go ye forth! So they went forth and smote in the city. s
Webster
And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
World English Bible
He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they begin among the aged men who are before the house, and He saith unto them, 'Defile the house, and fill the courts with the wounded, go forth.' And they have gone forth and have smitten in the city.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 9:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Avenging Messenger Destroys The Wicked In The City
6 Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house. 7 And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town. 8 Now while they were doing so, and I was untouched, I went down on my face, and crying out, I said, Ah, Lord! will you give all the rest of Israel to destruction in letting loose your wrath on Jerusalem?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:17
So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.
Ezekiel 7:20-22
As for their beautiful ornament, they had put it on high, and had made the images of their disgusting and hated things in it: for this cause I have made it an unclean thing to them.
Psalm 79:1-3
O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.
Lamentations 2:4-7
His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.
Luke 13:1
Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.