Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
And also pile
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
and also pile up the fuel
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.
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.
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
Interlinear
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References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
4 put all the pieces together in it, all the good pieces: the loin and the shoulder, and fill it with the best bones. 5 Take one of the best sheep, and a heap of bones withal: let it boil well, and let the bones seethe well therein. 6 With that, said the LORD God on this manner: Woe be unto the bloody city of the pot, where upon the rustiness hangeth, and is not yet scoured away. Take out the pieces that are in it, one after another: there need no lots be cast therefore,
Cross References
Jeremiah 52:10
The king of Babylon also caused Zedekiah's sons to be slain before his face; yea and put all the princes of Judah to death at Riblah.
Jeremiah 52:24-27
The chief Captain also took Seraiah the high priest, and Zephaniah that was chief next him, and the three keepers of the treasury.
Jeremiah 39:6
So the king of Babylon caused the children of Zedekiah and all the nobles of Judah be slain before his face at Riblah.
Ezekiel 20:47
and say to the wood toward the south, 'Hear the word of the LORD, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, that shall consume thee green trees with the dry. No man shall be able to quench his flame, but all that looketh from the south to the north shall be burnt therein.
Ezekiel 24:9-10
Wherefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: O woe be unto that bloodthirsty city, for whom I will prepare a heap of wood.
Ezekiel 34:16-17
Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.
Ezekiel 34:20
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God unto them: Behold, I will sever the fat sheep from the lean:
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him that false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that received the beast's mark, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast into a pond of fire burning with brimstone: