Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Take the choicest of the flock,
And also pile wood under the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”

King James Version

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

Holman Bible

Take the choicest of the flock
and also pile up the fuel under it.
Bring it to a boil
and cook the bones in it.”

International Standard Version

Take the best bones from the flock, pile wood under the pot for the bones, bring it to a boil, and then cook the bones in it."'"

A Conservative Version

Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]. Make it boil well, yea, let the bones of it be boiled in the midst of it.

American Standard Version

Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron ; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.

Amplified


“Take the choicest of the flock,
And also pile wood under the pot.
Make it boil vigorously
And boil its bones in the pot.”

Bible in Basic English

Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it.

Darby Translation

take the choice of the flock; and also put a pile of wood under it, for the bones; make it boil well, and let the bones of it seethe therein.

Julia Smith Translation

Take the choice of the flock and also wheel the bones under it, boil its boilings; also they cooked the bones in the midst of it

King James 2000

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe its bones in it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones under it; {boil it vigorously}; indeed, its bones boiled in the midst of it." '"

Modern King James verseion

Take the choice of the flock, and also burn the bones under it; make it boil high, and let them boil its bones in it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Take one of the best sheep, and a heap of bones withal: let it boil well, and let the bones seethe well therein.

NET Bible

Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.

New Heart English Bible

Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst."'

The Emphasized Bible

Take of the choice of the rock, Moreover also pe of bones place under it,- Bo the pieces thereof, Yea let the bones of it seethe in the midst thereof.

Webster

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it.

World English Bible

Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst.

Youngs Literal Translation

The choice of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

the choice
מבחר 
Mibchar 
Usage: 11

of the flock
צאון צאןo 
Tso'n 
Usage: 274

and burn
דּוּר 
Duwr 
Usage: 2

also the bones
עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

under it, and make it boil
רתח 
Rathach 
Usage: 3

רתח 
Rethach 
Usage: 1

בּשׁל 
Bashal 
Usage: 28

the bones
עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

References

Context Readings

The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife

4 Put in it the pieces,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
5 “Take the choicest of the flock,
And also pile wood under the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”
6 ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Woe to the bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
Without making a choice.


Cross References

Jeremiah 52:10

The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

Jeremiah 52:24-27

Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple.

Jeremiah 39:6

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slew all the nobles of Judah.

Ezekiel 20:47

and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from south to north will be burned by it.

Ezekiel 24:9-10

‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
Woe to the bloody city!
I also will make the pile great.

Ezekiel 34:16-17

“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.

Ezekiel 34:20

Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.

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