Ezekiel 4:15 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He said to me, "I will let you use cow manure in place of human excrement. Bake your bread over it."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

ASV:

Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

BBE:

Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's waste in place of man's waste, and you will make your bread ready on it.

DBY:

And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

ERV:

Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

JPS:

Then He said unto me: 'See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.'

WBS:

Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them.

WEB:

Then he said to me, Behold, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread thereon.

YLT:

And He saith unto me, 'See, I have given to thee bullock's dung instead of man's dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.'

Ezekiel 4:15 Cross References

XREF:

Ezekiel 4:14 But I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth."

Ezekiel 4:16 Moreover, He said to me, "Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in horror, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:15 Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's {m} dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them.
(m) To be as fire to bake your bread with.

MHC:

4:9-17 The bread which was Ezekiel's support, was to be made of coarse grain and pulse mixed together, seldom used except in times of urgent scarcity, and of this he was only to take a small quantity. Thus was figured the extremity to which the Jews were to be reduced during the siege and captivity. Ezekiel does not plead, Lord, from my youth I have been brought up delicately, and never used to any thing like this; but that he had been brought up conscientiously, and never had eaten any thing forbidden by the law. It will be comfortable when we are brought to suffer hardships, if our hearts can witness that we have always been careful to keep even from the appearance of evil. See what woful work sin makes, and acknowledge the righteousness of God herein. Their plenty having been abused to luxury and excess, they were justly punished by famine. When men serve not God with cheerfulness in the abundance of all things, God will make them serve their enemies in the want of all things.

CONC:

Behold Bread Bullock's Cow Cow's Dung Excrement Hast Human Instead Man's Manure Prepare Ready Thereon Therewith Waste

Bake Bread Bullock's Cow Dung Human Instead Manure Prepare Thereon Therewith Waste

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