Ezekiel 21:22 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.”
Ezekiel 21:22 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 21:22 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 21:22 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In his right hand was the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, and to build forts.”
Ezekiel 21:22 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 21:22 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts. ”
Ezekiel 21:22 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 21:22 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“At his right hath been the divination--Jerusalem, To place battering-rams, To open the mouth with slaughter, To lift up a voice with shouting, To place battering-rams against the gates, To pour out a mount, to build a fortification.”
Ezekiel 21:22 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 21:22 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers. ”
Ezekiel 21:22 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 21:22 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“At his right hand was the diuination for Ierusalem to appoint captaines, to open their mouth in the slaughter, and to lift vp their voyce with shouting, to laye engines of warre against the gates, to cast a mount, and to builde a fortresse.”
Ezekiel 21:22 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 21:22 in Context — Ezekiel 21
20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
What Does Ezekiel 21:22 Mean?
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