Parallel Verses
Amplified
And He said to the executioners, “Defile the temple and fill its courtyards with the dead. Go out!” So they went out and struck down the people in the city.
New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, “
King James Version
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
Holman Bible
Then He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain.
International Standard Version
"Desecrate my Temple," he told them, "and fill its courtyard with the dead!" So they went out and began striking down people throughout the city.
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town.
Darby Translation
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say to them, Defile the house, and fill the enclosures with the wounded: go ye forth. And they went forth and struck in the city.
King James 2000
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you forth. And they went forth, and killed in the city.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to them, "Defile the house and fill the courtyards [with] the dead; go out! And they went out, and they killed in the city.
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out! And they went out and killed in the city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for he had said unto them, "When ye have defiled the temple, and filled the court with the slain, then go your way forth." So they went out, and slew down through the city.
NET Bible
He said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!" So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.
New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth." They went forth, and struck in the city.
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them Defile ye the house and fl the courts with the slain, - go ye forth! So they went forth and smote in the city. s
Webster
And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
World English Bible
He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they begin among the aged men who are before the house, and He saith unto them, 'Defile the house, and fill the courts with the wounded, go forth.' And they have gone forth and have smitten in the city.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 9:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Avenging Messenger Destroys The Wicked In The City
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Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women; but do not touch or go near anyone on whom is the mark. Begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple [who did not have the Lord’s mark on their foreheads].
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:17
Therefore He brought the king of the Chaldeans against them, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.
Ezekiel 7:20-22
As for the beauty of [gold for] ornaments, they turned it to pride and from it made the images of their repulsive things (idols) and of their vile things. Therefore I will make it an unclean thing to them.
Psalm 79:1-3
They have defiled Your sacred temple;
They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
Lamentations 2:4-7
He has bent His bow like an enemy;
He has set His right hand like an adversary
And slain all that were delightful and pleasing to the eye;
In the tent of the Daughter of Zion
He has poured out His wrath like fire.
Luke 13:1
Just at that time some people came who told Jesus about the