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Ezekiel’s Call

Ezekiel 2:10

In 10 translations

BSB
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
KJV
And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
WEB
He spread it before me. It was written within and without; and lamentations, mourning, and woe were written in it.
ASV
and he spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
LSV
and He spreads it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it [are] lamentations, and mourning, and woe!
YLT
and He spreadeth it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it [are] lamentations, and mourning, and woe!
DBY
And he spread it out before me; and it was written within and without; and there were written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
GNV
And he spred it before me, and it was written within and without, and there was written therein, Lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
JPS
and He spread it before me, and it was written within and without; and there was written therein lamentations, and moaning, and woe.
LXXE
And he unrolled it before me: and in it the front and the back were written upon: and there was written in it Lamentation, and mournful song, and woe.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּפְרֹ֤שׂ אוֹתָהּ֙ לְפָנַ֔י וְהִ֥יא כְתוּבָ֖ה פָּנִ֣ים וְאָח֑וֹר וְכָת֣וּב אֵלֶ֔יהָ קִנִ֥ים וָהֶ֖גֶה וָהִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀνείλησεν αὐτὴν ἐνώπιόν μου, καὶ ἦν ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμένα τὰ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ τὰ ὀπίσω· καὶ ἐγέγραπτο θρῆνος καὶ μέλος καὶ οὐαί.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 8:13And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
  • Isaiah 30:8–11Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever. These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the…
  • Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  • Revelation 11:14The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.
  • Habakkuk 2:2Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
  • Jeremiah 36:29–32You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land…
  • Revelation 9:12The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.

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  • 2:9b in some Bibles

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