A Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel
Ezekiel 36:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’
- KJV
- Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
- WEB
- “‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because they say to you, ‘You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;’
- ASV
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;
- LSV
- Thus said Lord YHWH: Because they are saying to you, You [are] a devourer of men, || And you have been a bereaver of your nations,
- YLT
- Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because they are saying to you: A devourer of men [art] thou, And a bereaver of thy nations thou hast been,
- DBY
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou devourest men, and hast bereaved thy nation,
- DRC
- Thus saith the Lord God: Because they say of you: Thou art a devourer of men, and one that suffocatest thy nation:
- GNV
- Thus sayth the Lord God, because they say vnto you, Thou land deuourest vp men, and hast bene a waster of thy people,
- JPS
- Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because they say unto you: Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nations;
- LXXE
- Thus saith the Lord God: Because they said to thee, Thou land devourest men, and hast been bereaved of thy nation;
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.
Where the editions differ
Editions are published forms of the Hebrew and Greek texts. Meet the editions and sources →
- Written (Ketiv): אָתִּי (“you”). Read aloud (Qere): אָ֑תְּ (“you”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): גּוֹיֵךְ (“nation your”). Read aloud (Qere): גּוֹיַ֖יִךְ (“nations your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads אָ֑תְּי; read aloud (Qere) reads אָ֑תְּ (“you”).
- Leningrad Codex reads גּוֹיִַ֖ךְ; read aloud (Qere) reads גּוֹיַ֖יִךְ (“nations your”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן אֹמְרִ֣ים לָכֶ֔ם אֹכֶ֥לֶת אָדָ֖ם אתי וּמְשַׁכֶּ֥לֶת גויך הָיִֽית׃Read aloud as (qere): אָ֑תְּRead aloud as (qere): גּוֹיַ֖יִךְ
- LXX-Br
- Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Κύριος, ἀνθʼ ὧν εἶπάν σοι, κατέσθουσα ἀνθρώπους εἶ, καὶ ἠτεκνωμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔθνους σου ἐγένου·
Who and where
👤 God◆ Prophecies of Ezekiel
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
- Numbers 13:32So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).