Ezekiel 3:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Ezekiel 3:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezekiel 3:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezekiel 3:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.”

Ezekiel 3:6 — World English Bible

Ezekiel 3:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee. ”

Ezekiel 3:6 — American Standard Version

Ezekiel 3:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them--they, they do hearken unto thee,”

Ezekiel 3:6 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 3:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech, whose words thou canst not understand: had I sent thee to them, would they not hearken unto thee? ”

Ezekiel 3:6 — Darby Translation

Ezekiel 3:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Not to many people of an vnknowen tongue, or of an harde language, whose wordes thou canst not vnderstand: yet if I should sende thee to them, they would obey thee.”

Ezekiel 3:6 — Geneva Bible

Ezekiel 3:6 in Context — Ezekiel 3

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.

8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

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What Does Ezekiel 3:6 Mean?

Ezekiel 3:6 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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