Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.
New American Standard Bible
And
And they will
With bitter mourning.
King James Version
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
International Standard Version
They'll shave their heads bald because of you. They'll dress themselves in sackcloth and weep for you with deep bitterness of heart, with the most pitiful of mourning.
A Conservative Version
And they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
American Standard Version
and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
Amplified
“And they will make themselves [completely] bald for you
And wrap themselves in sackcloth;
And in bitterness of soul they will weep for you
With bitter mourning and wailing.
Bible in Basic English
And they will have the hair of their heads cut off because of you, and will put haircloth on their bodies, weeping for you with bitter grief in their souls, even with bitter sorrow.
Darby Translation
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
Julia Smith Translation
And they made themselves bald with baldness for thee, and they girded themselves with sackcloth, and they wept for thee with bitterness of soul and bitter wailing.
King James 2000
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{They will shave themselves bald for your sake}, and they will dress themselves [in] sackcloth, and they will weep over you with bitterness of soul [and] with bitter wailing.
Modern King James verseion
And they will be bald for you, and gird with sackcloth. And they shall weep for you with bitterness of soul, a bitter wailing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They shall shave themselves, and put sackcloth upon them for thy sake. They shall mourn for thee with heartful sorrow
NET Bible
they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning.
New Heart English Bible
and they shall make themselves bald for you, and clothe them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
The Emphasized Bible
And shall make bald for thee a baldness And gird them with sackcloth, - And shall weep for time in bitterness of soul. A biter lamentation;
Webster
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
World English Bible
and they shall make themselves bald for you, and clothe them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul -- a bitter mourning.
Themes
Baldness » Artificial, a sign of mourning
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » All nations to be terrified at its destruction
Interlinear
Chagar
Bakah
Mar
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 27:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament For Doomed Tyre
30
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.
mourning over you:
Who was like Tyre,
silenced
Cross References
Isaiah 16:9
to weep for the vines of Sibmah;
I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears.
Triumphant shouts have fallen silent
over your summer fruit and your harvest.
Isaiah 22:12
called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Ezekiel 7:18
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.
Isaiah 15:2
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.
Isaiah 22:4
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear
Leviticus 21:5
“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.
Deuteronomy 14:1
“You are sons of the Lord your God;
Jeremiah 16:6
Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or
Jeremiah 47:5
Ashkelon will become silent,
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?
Jeremiah 48:37
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped;
Amos 8:10
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
Micah 1:8
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
Micah 1:16
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.