Parallel Verses
Amplified
As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.
New American Standard Bible
As for you, son of man, groan with breaking
King James Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Holman Bible
“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart
International Standard Version
"And now, Son of Man, you are to start groaning until you're sick to your stomach. You are to groan bitterly right in front of them.
A Conservative Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man. With the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness thou shall sigh before their eyes.
American Standard Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
Bible in Basic English
Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.
Darby Translation
Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou son of man, sigh with the breaking of the loins; and with bitterness thou shalt sigh before their eyes.
King James 2000
Sigh therefore, you son of man, with breaking heart; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you, son of man, groan {with shaking hips}, and you must groan with bitterness before their eyes.
Modern King James verseion
And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your loins; and groan with bitterness before their eyes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mourn therefore, O thou son of man, that thy loins crack withal; yea mourn bitterly for them.
NET Bible
"And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.
New Heart English Bible
"Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your thighs and with bitterness you will sigh before their eyes.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou, therefore O son of man sigh, - In the sharp pain of thy loins and in bitterness, shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
Webster
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
World English Bible
Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your thighs and with bitterness you will sigh before their eyes.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 21:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Vision Of The Avenging Sword Of Yahweh
5 and all living will know [without any doubt] that I the Lord have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it will not be sheathed again.”’ 6 As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight. 7 And when they say to you, ‘Why do you sigh and groan?’ you shall answer, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt and all hands will be frail, and every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ says the Lord God.”
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I say, “Look away from me;
Let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Ezekiel 6:11
“Thus says the Lord God, ‘Strike with your fist, stamp with your foot and say, “Alas, because of all the evil atrocities of the house of Israel, which will fall by sword, by famine, and by virulent disease!
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my heart sounds like a harp [in mournful compassion] for Moab,
And my inner being mourns for Kir-hareseth.
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore [continues Isaiah] my loins are filled with anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in childbirth;
I am so bent and bewildered that I cannot hear, I am so terrified that I cannot see.
Jeremiah 4:19
My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish and pain! Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is pounding and throbbing within me;
I cannot be silent,
For you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
Jeremiah 9:17-21
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
Send for the wailing women to come.
Jeremiah 19:10
“Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you,
Jeremiah 30:6
‘Ask now, and see
Whether a man can give birth [to a child].
Why then do I see every man
With his hands on his
Why have all faces turned pale?
Ezekiel 4:12
You shall eat your food as barley cakes, having baked it in their sight over human dung.”
Ezekiel 9:4
The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, throughout all of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh [in distress] and grieve over all the repulsive acts which are being committed in it.”
Ezekiel 12:3-5
Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for exile, and move into exile during the day when they will see you; even go into exile from your place to another place as they watch. Perhaps they will understand even though they are a rebellious people.
Ezekiel 21:12
Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are thrown to the sword along with My [terrified] people. Therefore strike your thigh and strike your chest [in grief].
Ezekiel 37:20
The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
Daniel 5:6
Then the king’s face grew pale, and his thoughts alarmed him; the joints and muscles of his hips and back weakened and his knees began knocking together.
Daniel 8:27
And I, Daniel, was exhausted and was sick for [several] days. Afterward I got up and continued with the king’s business; but I was astounded at the vision, and there was no one who could explain it.
Nahum 2:10
She is emptied! She is desolate and waste!
Hearts melting [in fear] and knees knocking!
Anguish is in the whole body,
And the faces of all grow pale!
Habakkuk 3:16
I heard and my whole inner self trembled;
My lips quivered at the sound.
Decay and rottenness enter my bones,
And I tremble in my place.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade and attack us.
John 11:33-35
When Jesus saw her sobbing, and the Jews who had come with her also sobbing, He was