Ezekiel 3:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;”
Ezekiel 3:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 3:5 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Ezekiel 3:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Ezekiel 3:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel—”
Ezekiel 3:5 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 3:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; ”
Ezekiel 3:5 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 3:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue <FI>art<Fi> thou sent--unto the house of Israel;”
Ezekiel 3:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 3:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For thou art not sent to a people of strange language, and of difficult speech, [but] to the house of Israel; ”
Ezekiel 3:5 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 3:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For thou art not sent to a people of an vnknowen tongue, or of an hard language, but to the house of Israel,”
Ezekiel 3:5 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 3:5 in Context — Ezekiel 3
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
What Does Ezekiel 3:5 Mean?
Ezekiel 3:5 is a verse from the Book of Ezekiel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezekiel chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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