Ezekiel 22:6

In 11 translations

BSB

See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

KJV

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.power: Heb. arm

WEB

“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

ASV

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

LSV

Behold, princes of Israel—each according to his arm || Have been in you to shed blood.

YLT

Lo, princes of Israel — each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.

DBY

Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.

DRC

Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.

GNV

Beholde, the princes of Israel euery one in thee was ready to his power, to shed blood.

JPS

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his might, have been in thee to shed blood.

LXXE

Behold, the princes of the house of Israel have conspired in thee each one with his kindred, that they might shed blood.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

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

הִנֵּה֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִ֥ישׁ לִזְרֹע֖וֹ הָ֣יוּ בָ֑ךְ לְמַ֖עַן שְׁפָךְ־דָּֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ἰδοὺ οἱ ἀφηγούμενοι οἴκου Ἰσραήλ, ἕκαστος πρὸς τοὺς συγγενεῖς αὐτοῦ, συνεφύροντο ἐν σοὶ, ὅπως ἐκχέωσιν αἷμα.

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
• Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
• Micah 3:9–11Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right, who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. Her leaders judge for a…
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Nehemiah 9:34Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
• Zechariah 3:3Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
• Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
• Micah 3:1–3Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. You eat…
• Daniel 9:8O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
• Jeremiah 2:26–27As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me…
• Jeremiah 32:32because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).