Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Interlinear
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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 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the elderly men who were before the house. 7 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. 8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Ezekiel 7:20-22
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
Psalm 79:1-3
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Lamentations 2:4-7
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Luke 13:1
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.