Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.
King James Version
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
Holman Bible
ruthless men from the nations.
They will draw their swords
against your magnificent wisdom
and will defile your splendor.
International Standard Version
Therefore, look! I'm bringing foreigners in your direction, the most terrifying of nations! They will direct their violence against the grandeur that you've created by your wisdom.
A Conservative Version
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations, and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
American Standard Version
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
Amplified
Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers (Babylonians) upon you,
The most ruthless and violent of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom [O Tyre]
And defile your splendor.
Bible in Basic English
See, I am sending against you strange men, feared among the nations: they will let loose their swords against your bright wisdom, they will make your glory a common thing.
Darby Translation
therefore behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall tarnish thy brightness.
Julia Smith Translation
For this, behold me bringing strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they emptied out their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they profaned thy splendor.
King James 2000
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
therefore look! I [am] bringing strangers over you, [the most] ruthless of [the] peoples, and they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.
Modern King James verseion
behold, therefore I will bring awesome strangers of the nations. And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
behold, I will bring enemies upon thee, even the tyrants of the Heathen. These shall draw out their swords upon thy beauty and wisdom, and shall defile thy glory.
NET Bible
I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.
New Heart English Bible
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore behold me! bringing upon thee aliens, The terrible ones of the nations,- And they shall unsheathe their swords over the beauty of thy wisdom, And profane thy splendour:
Webster
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
World English Bible
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore, lo, I am bringing in against thee strangers, The terrible of the nations, And they have drawn out their swords Against the beauty of thy wisdom, And they have pierced thy brightness.
Themes
Pride/arrogance » The reward for pride
The Providence of God » Danger of denying
national Sins » Punishment for
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Its second destruction by the macedonians
Interlinear
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References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 28:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prophecy Aimed At The King Of Tyre
6
Therefore thus says the Lord God,
‘Because you have
Like the heart of God,
The
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.
And you will die the
In the heart of the seas.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 31:12
Ezekiel 30:11
Will be brought in to destroy the land;
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.
Ezekiel 32:12
By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your hordes to fall; all of them are
And they will
And all its hordes will be destroyed.
Habakkuk 1:6-8
That
Who march
To
Deuteronomy 28:49-50
“
Isaiah 23:8-9
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
Isaiah 25:3-4
Ezekiel 26:7-14
For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
Daniel 7:7
After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a
Amos 3:6
If a