Ezekiel 5:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.”
Ezekiel 5:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 5:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 5:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“A third part you shall burn in the fire in the middle of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled. You shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it. A third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.”
Ezekiel 5:2 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 5:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them. ”
Ezekiel 5:2 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 5:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.”
Ezekiel 5:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 5:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, [and] smite about it with a knife; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them. ”
Ezekiel 5:2 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 5:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Thou shalt burne with fire the thirde part in the middes of the citie, when the dayes of the siege are fulfilled, and thou shalt take the other thirde part, and smite about it with a knife, and the last thirde part thou shalt scatter in the winde, and I will drawe out a sworde after them.”
Ezekiel 5:2 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 5:2 in Context — Ezekiel 5
1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
What Does Ezekiel 5:2 Mean?
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