Ezekiel 5:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:”
Ezekiel 5:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 5:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 5:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“when I send on them the evil arrows of famine that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. I will increase the famine on you and will break your staff of bread.”
Ezekiel 5:16 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 5:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. And I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread; ”
Ezekiel 5:16 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 5:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“In My sending the evil arrows of famine among them, That have been for destruction, That I send to destroy you, And famine I am adding upon you, And I have broken to you the staff of bread.”
Ezekiel 5:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 5:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“When I send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for [their] destruction, which I send to destroy you, then will I increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread. ”
Ezekiel 5:16 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 5:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“When I shall sende vpon them the euill arrowes of famine, which shalbe for their destruction, and which I will sende to destroy you: and I will encrease the famine vpon you, and wil breake your staffe of bread.”
Ezekiel 5:16 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 5:16 in Context — Ezekiel 5
14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.
What Does Ezekiel 5:16 Mean?
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