EZE 4:16 Parallel View

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ULT He also said to me, “Son of man! Behold! I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread while rationing it in anxiety and drink water while rationing it in trembling.

UST Then he said to me, “Son of man, I will cause the supply of food to Jerusalem to be cut off. Then the people will eat the small amounts of food and drink the small amounts of water that their leaders permit them to have, and they will be very distressed and anxious as they do that,

BSB § Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply [fn] of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.

4:16 Hebrew staff

OEB He also said to me, Son of man, I am about to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and in terror, and drink water by measure and in dismay,

WEB Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness. They will drink water by measure, and in dismay;

NET Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply in Jerusalem. They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

LSV And He says to me, “Son of man, behold, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they drink;

FBV Then he went on, “Son of man, watch! I am going to put a stop to Jerusalem's food supply. Worried sick, they will eat bread rationed by weight. Despairing at what's happening, they will drink water measured in small amounts.

T4T Then he said to me, “You human, I will cause the supply of food to Jerusalem to be cut off. Then the people will eat the small amounts of food and drink the small amounts of waterthat the government permits them to have, and they will be very distressed and anxious as they do that,

LEB And he said to me, “Son of man,[fn] look, Iam going to break the supply[fn] of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight,anxiously,[fn] andrationed water,[fn] and they will drink with horror,

?:? Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”

?:? Literally “staff”

?:? Literally “and with worry”

?:? Literally “and water by amount”

BBE And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder:

MOF No MOF EZE book available

JPS Moreover He said unto me: 'Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and in appalment;

ASV Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

DRA And he said to me: Son of man: Behold, I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and in distress.

YLT And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;

DBY And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

RV Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with carefulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

WBS Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment.

KJB Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
(Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Yerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: )

BB And he saide vnto me, Beholde thou sonne of man, I wyll breake the staffe of bread in Hierusalem, and they shall eate their bread with waight and with care, and their water in measure and astonishment shall they drinke,
(And he said unto me, Behold thou/you son of man, I will break the staff of bread in Yerusalem, and they shall eat their bread with waight and with care, and their water in measure and astonishment shall they drink,)

GNV Moreouer, he said vnto me, Sonne of man, beholde, I will breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalem, and they shall eate bread by weight, and with care, and they shall drinke water by measure, and with astonishment.
(Moreover/What's_more, he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Yerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care, and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment. )

CB And he sayde vnto me: Beholde thou sonne off man, I will mynishe all the prouysion of bred in Ierusalem, so that they shall weye their bred, and eate it with scarcenesse. But as for water, they shall haue a very litle measure theroff, to drynke.
(And he said unto me: Behold thou/you son off man, I will mynishe all the prouysion of bred in Yerusalem, so that they shall way their bred, and eat it with scarcenesse. But as for water, they shall have a very little measure theroff, to drink.)

WYC And he seide to me, Sone of man, lo! Y schal al to-breke the staf of breed in Jerusalem, and thei schulen ete her breed in weiyte and in bisynesse, and thei schulen drynke water in mesure and in angwisch;
(And he said to me, Sone of man, lo! I shall all to-breke the staf of breed in Yerusalem, and they should eat her breed in weiyte and in bisynesse, and they should drink water in measure and in angwisch;)

LUT Und sprach zu mir: Du Menschenkind, siehe, ich will den Vorrat des Brots zu Jerusalem wegnehmen, daß sie das Brot essen müssen nach dem Gewicht und mit Kummer und das Wasser nach dem Maß mit Kummer trinken,
(And spoke to mir: You Menschenkind, siehe, I will the Vorrat the Brots to Yerusalem wegnehmen, that they/she/them the bread eat müssen nach to_him Gewicht and with Kummer and the water nach to_him Maß with Kummer drink,)

CLV Et dixit ad me: Fili hominis, ecce ego conteram baculum panis in Jerusalem, et comedent panem in pondere et in sollicitudine, et aquam in mensura et in angustia bibent,
(And he_said to me: Fili hominis, ecce I conteram baculum panis in Yerusalem, and comedent panem in pondere and in sollicitudine, and waterm in mensura and in angustia bibent, )

BRN And he said to me, Son of man, behold, I break the support of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight and in want; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ συντρίβω στήριγμα ἄρτου ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ φάγονται ἄρτον ἐν σταθμῷ καὶ ἐν ἐνδείᾳ, καὶ ὕδωρ ἐν μέτρῳ, καὶ ἐν ἀφανισμῷ πίονται·
(Kai eipe pros me, huie anthrōpou, idou egō suntribō staʸrigma artou en Hierousalaʸm, kai fagontai arton en stathmōi kai en endeia, kai hudōr en metrōi, kai en afanismōi piontai; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Behold

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=me son_of humankind behold,I break supply food/grain/bread in/on/at/with,Jerusalem and,eat food/grain/bread in/on/at/with,weight and,in/on/at/with,anxiety and=water in/on/at/with,measure and,in/on/at/with,horror drink )

Alternate translation: “Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you”

(Occurrence 0) I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem

Alternate translation: “I will stop the supply of food to Jerusalem”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) the staff of bread

The supply is called a staff because some people need a staff to walk and do their work, and people need bread to live. Bread represents all kinds of food. Alternate translation: “the supply of food” (See also: figs-synecdoche)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) they will eat bread while rationing it in anxiety

You may need to make explicit why they will ration the bread. “they will carefully divide their bread because they fear that there will not be enough”

(Occurrence 0) rationing

giving small amounts of something of which there is not enough to many people

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) rationing it in trembling

The word “shaking” is a metaphor for being afraid and “trembling” represents fear. Alternate translation: “rationing it while shaking” or “rationing it in fear”

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