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.

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What Does Ezekiel 5:16 Mean?

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