Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.

New American Standard Bible

Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes.

King James Version

Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

International Standard Version

You are to preserve a few strands of hair and hide them in the folds of your garment.

A Conservative Version

And thou shall take from it a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

Amplified

Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes.

Bible in Basic English

And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;

Julia Smith Translation

And take from thence a few in number and bind them in thy wings.

King James 2000

You shall also take some of them, and bind them in your garments.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you must take from these a few in number, and you must tuck them in your hem.

Modern King James verseion

Also you shall take a few of them in number, and tie them up in your skirts.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yet afterward take a little of the same, and bind it in thy coat lap.

NET Bible

But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.

New Heart English Bible

You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.

The Emphasized Bible

and thou shalt take from thence, a few in number, - and shalt bind them in thy skirts;

Webster

Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

World English Bible

You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.

Youngs Literal Translation

And thou hast taken thence a few in number -- and hast bound them in thy skirts;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt also take
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

in number
מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

and bind
צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 38

References

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Easton

Watsons

Context Readings

Ezekiel Dramatizes Jerusalem's Fall

2 You are to burn up a third of it in the city when the days of the siege have ended; you are to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind, for I will draw a sword to chase after them. 3 But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe. 4 Take some more of them, throw them into the fire, and burn them in it. A fire will spread from it to the whole house of Israel.



Cross References

Jeremiah 39:10

However, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time.

Jeremiah 40:6

Jeremiah therefore went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and he stayed with him among the people who remained in the land.

Jeremiah 52:16

But some of the poorest people of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left to be vinedressers and farmers.

2 Kings 25:12

But the commander of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

Matthew 7:14

How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.

Luke 13:23-24

“Lord,” someone asked Him, “are there few being saved?”

He said to them,

1 Peter 4:18

And if a righteous person is saved with difficulty,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?

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