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The Razor of Judgment

Ezekiel 5:3

In 11 translations

BSB
But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.
KJV
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.skirts: Heb. wings
WEB
You shall take a small number of these and bind them in the folds of your robe.
ASV
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
LSV
And you have taken there a few in number—and have bound them in your skirts;
YLT
And thou hast taken thence a few in number — and hast bound them in thy skirts;
DBY
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;
DRC
And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak.
GNV
Thou shalt also take thereof a fewe in nomber, and binde them in thy lappe.
JPS
Thou shalt also take thereof a few by number, and bind them in thy skirts.
LXXE
And thou shalt take thence a few in number, and shalt wrap them in the fold of thy garment.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִשָּׁ֖ם מְעַ֣ט בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר וְצַרְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ λήψῃ ἐκεῖθεν ὀλίγους ἐν ἀριθμῷ, καὶ συμπεριλήψῃ αὐτοὺς τῇ ἀναβολῇ σου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 52:16But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
  • Jeremiah 40:6So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
  • Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
  • Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
  • Luke 13:23–24“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
  • 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
  • 1 Peter 4:18And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

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