EZE 21:14 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου προφήτευσον, καὶ ἐρεῖς, τάδε λέγει Κύριος, εἰπὸν, ῥομφαία ῥομφαία ὀξύνου καὶ θυμώθητι,
(huie anthrōpou profaʸteuson, kai ereis, tade legei Kurios, eipon, ɽomfaia ɽomfaia oxunou kai thumōthaʸti, )

BrTr Son of man, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Say, Sword, sword, be sharpened and rage,

ULT Now you, son of man, prophesy and hit your two hands together, for the sword will attack even a third time!
⇔ A sword for the ones to be slaughtered! It is a sword for the many to be slaughtered, piercing them everywhere!

UST So, Son of man, prophesy;
⇔ clap your hands to show that you are very sad about what is going to happen.
⇔ My sword will strike my people again and again;
⇔ it is a sword for slaughtering many people,
⇔ while I attack them from every side.

BSB ‘So then, son of man,
⇔ prophesy and strike your hands together.
⇔ Let the sword strike two times,
⇔ even three.
⇔ It is a sword that slays,
⇔ a sword of great slaughter
⇔ closing in on every side!

OEB ‘Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy,
⇔ And smite thy hands together;
⇔ And let the sword be doubled the third time.
⇔ It is the sword of those mortally wounded!
⇔ It is the great sword of those mortally wounded!
⇔ Fill them with terror that their hearts may melt,
⇔ That the fallen may be many at their gates;
⇔ They are given over to the slaughter of the sword;
⇔ 

WEBBE “You therefore, son of man, prophesy,
⇔ and strike your hands together.
⇔ Let the sword be doubled the third time,
⇔ the sword of the fatally wounded.
⇔ It is the sword of the great one who is fatally wounded,
⇔ which enters into their rooms.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “And you, son of man, prophesy,
⇔ and clap your hands together.
⇔ Let the sword strike twice, even three times!
⇔ It is a sword for slaughter,
⇔ a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.

LSV And you, son of man, prophesy,
And strike hand on hand,
And the sword is bent a third time,
The sword of the wounded! It [is] the sword of the wounded—the great one,
That is entering the inner chamber to them.

FBV So son of man, prophesy and clap your hands.[fn] The sword will attack twice, and then a third time.[fn] It is a sword of death, killing many people by coming at them from every direction.

21:14 “Clap your hands”: not applause, but a sign of horror or of anger. It may even be symbolic of the three attacks mentioned in the verse.

21:14 These three attacks may well refer to the three invasions of Nebuchadnezzar.

T4T So, you human, prophesy;
⇔ clap your handsto show that you are very happy about what is going to happen.
⇔ My sword will strike them again and again;
⇔ it is a sword for slaughtering many people,
⇔ while I attack them from every side.

LEB And you, son of man,[fn] prophesy and clap your hands.[fn] And the sword will strike twice;[fn] let it happen a third time. It is a sword of the dead, the sword of the great dead that is surrounding them,

21:14 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”

21:14 Literally “strike hand to hand”

21:14 Literally “be doubled”

BBE So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them.

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JPS (21-19) Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of those to be slain; it is the sword of the great one that is to be slain, which compasseth them about.

ASV Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one that is deadly wounded, which entereth into their chambers.

DRA Thou therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled: this is the sword of a great slaughter, that maketh them stand amazed,

YLT And thou, son of man, prophesy, And smite hand on hand, And bent is the sword a third time, The sword of the wounded! It [is] the sword of the wounded — the great one, That is entering the inner chamber to them.

Drby And thou, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; for [the strokes of] the sword shall be doubled the third time: it is the sword of the slain, the sword that hath slain the great one, which encompasseth them privily.

RV Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one that is deadly wounded, which entereth into their chambers.

Wbstr Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their private chambers.

KJB-1769 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.[fn]
(Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain/killed, which entereth/enters into their privy chamber/rooms. )

21.14 hands…: Heb. hand to hand

KJB-1611 [fn]Thou therefore sonne of man, prophecie and smite thine hands together, and let the sword bee doubled the third time, the sword of the slaine, it is the sword of the great men, that are slaine, which entreth into their priuie chambers.
(Thou therefore son of man, prophecie and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain/killed, it is the sword of the great men, that are slain/killed, which entereth/enters into their privy chamber/rooms.)

21:14 Heb. hand to hand.

Bshps Prophecie thou sonne of man, & smite thy handes together, & let the sworde be doubled thrise, euen the sworde of the great slaughter, entryng into their priuie chaumbers,
(Prophecie thou/you son of man, and smite thy/your hands together, and let the sword be doubled thrise, even the sword of the great slaughter, entering into their privy chamber/rooms,)

Gnva Thou therefore, sonne of man, prophecie, and smite hand to hand, and let the sworde be doubled: let the sworde that hath killed, returne the third time: it is the sword of the great slaughter entring into their priuie chambers.
(Thou therefore, son of man, prophecie, and smite hand to hand, and let the sword be doubled: let the sword that hath/has killed, return the third time: it is the sword of the great slaughter entering into their privy chamber/rooms. )

Cvdl Prophecy thou sonne of man, & smyte thine hodes together: make the swearde two edged, yee make it thre edged, yt manslayers swearde, that swearde of the greate slaughter, which shal smyte them, euen in their preuy chambres:
(Prophecy thou/you son of man, and smite thine/your hodes together: make the swearde two edged, ye/you_all make it three edged, it manslayers swearde, that swearde of the great slaughter, which shall smite them, even in their preuy chamber/rooms:)

Wycl Therfor, sone of man, profesie thou, and smyte thou hond to hond, and the swerd be doublid, and the swerd of sleeris be treblid; this is the swerd of greet sleyng, that schal make hem astonyed,
(Therfor, son of man, profesie thou/you, and smite thou/you hand to hand, and the sword be doublid, and the sword of sleeris be treblid; this is the sword of great sleyng, that shall make them astonished,)

Luth Du Menschenkind, weissage und sprich: So spricht der HErr: Sprich: Das Schwert, ja, das Schwert ist geschärft und gefegt.
(You Menschenkind, weissage and say: So says the/of_the LORD: Sprich: The Schwert, ja, the sword is geschärft and gefegt.)

ClVg Tu ergo, fili hominis, propheta, et percute manu ad manum: et duplicetur gladius, ac triplicetur gladius interfectorum: hic est gladius occisionis magnæ, qui obstupescere eos facit
(Tu therefore, son of_man, propheta, and percute by_hand to manum: and duplicetur gladius, ac triplicetur gladius interfectorum: this it_is gladius occisionis magnæ, who obstupescere them facit )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Yahweh continues to describe the sword of Yahweh which is a metaphor for the enemy army that Yahweh will use to attack Jerusalem.

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

(Occurrence 0) hit your two hands together