EZE 21:15 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX ὅπως σφάξῃς σφάγια, ὀξύνου ὅπως γένῃ εἰς στίλβωσιν, ἑτοίμη εἰς παράλυσιν· σφάζε, ἐξουδένει, ἀπόθου πᾶν ξῦλον.
(hopōs sfaxaʸs sfagia, oxunou hopōs genaʸ eis stilbōsin, hetoimaʸ eis paralusin; sfaze, exoudenei, apothou pan xulon. )

BrTr that thou mayest slay victims; be sharpened that thou mayest be bright, ready for slaughter, slay, set at nought, despise every tree.

ULT In order to melt their hearts and to multiply their fallen, I have set the sword for slaughter at all their gates. Ah! It is made like lightning, it is grasped for slaughter.

UST In order that people will be very much afraid
⇔ and that many people will die,
⇔ I have placed soldiers at every city gate,
⇔ ready to slaughter people.
⇔ My sword will flash like lightning,
⇔ as the soldiers slaughter the people.

BSB ⇔ So that their hearts may melt
⇔ and many may stumble,
⇔ I have appointed at all their gates
⇔ a sword for slaughter.
⇔ Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning;
⇔ it is drawn for slaughter.

OEB 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;
⇔ Ah! it is made as lightning, it is sharpened for slaughter!

WEBBE I have set the threatening sword against all their gates,
⇔ that their heart may melt,
⇔ and their stumblings be multiplied.
⇔ Ah! It is made as lightning.
⇔ It is pointed for slaughter.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So hearts melt with fear and many stumble.
⇔ At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter.
⇔ Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!

LSV To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins,
I have set the point of a sword by all their gates. Aah! It is made for brightness,
Wrapped up for slaughter.

FBV I have placed a sword at all the gates of their city so that they may lose their courage, and many may fall. Oh no! It's made to flash like lightning and used to kill.

T4T In order that people will be very much afraid [IDM]
⇔ and many people will be killed,
⇔ I have placedsoldiers holding my swords at every city gate,
⇔ ready to slaughter people.
⇔ Those swords will flash like lightning,
⇔ as the soldiers grasp them to slaughter people.

LEB so that a heart melts, and the fallen multiply[fn] at all of their gates. I gave a sword for slaughter, and alas! It is made for flashing, it is grasped[fn] for slaughtering.

21:15 Literally “be made many”

21:15 Or “polished”

BBE In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.

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JPS (21-20) I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied; ah! it is made glittering, it is sharpened for slaughter.

ASV I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

DRA And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.

YLT To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapped up for slaughter.

Drby In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates: ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughter.

RV I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

Wbstr I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is sharpened for the slaughter.

KJB-1769 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.[fn][fn]

21.15 point: or, glittering, or, fear

21.15 wrapped up: or, sharpened

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]I haue set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruines be multiplied. Ah, it is made bright, it is wrapt vp for the slaughter.
(I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruines be multiplied. Ah, it is made bright, it is wrapt up for the slaughter.)

21:15 Or, glittering, or feare.

21:15 Or, sharpened.

Bshps To make them faynt at the heartes, and to multiplie their falles, in all their gates, haue I geuen the terrour of the sworde: Ah it is made bright, and dressed for the slaughter.
(To make them faint at the hearts, and to multiply their falles, in all their gates, have I given the terrour of the sword: Ah it is made bright, and dressed for the slaughter.)

Gnva I haue brought the feare of the sword into all their gates to make their heart to faint, and to multiplie their ruines. Ah it is made bright, and it is dressed for the slaughter.
(I have brought the fear of the sword into all their gates to make their heart to faint, and to multiply their ruines. Ah it is made bright, and it is dressed for the slaughter. )

Cvdl to make them aba?shed & faynte at the hertes, & in all gates to make some of them fall. O how bright and sharpe is it, how wel dight & mete for ye slaughter?
(to make them aba?shed and faint at the hearts, and in all gates to make some of them fall. O how bright and sharpe is it, how well dight and meet for ye/you_all slaughter?)

Wycl and to faile in herte, and multiplieth fallingis. In alle the yatis of hem Y yaf disturbling of a swerd, scharp and maad briyt to schyne, gird to sleynge.
(and to fail in heart, and multiplieth fallingis. In all the yatis of them I gave disturbling of a sword, scharp and made briyt to schyne, gird to sleynge.)

Luth Es ist geschärft, daß es schlachten soll; es ist gefegt, daß es blinken soll. O wie froh wollten wir sein, wenn er gleich alle Bäume zu Ruten machte über die bösen Kinder!
(It is geschärft, that it schlachten soll; it is gefegt, that it blinken soll. O like froh wantedn we/us sein, when he gleich all Bäume to Ruten made above the evil Kinder!)

ClVg et corde tabescere, et multiplicat ruinas. In omnibus portis eorum dedi conturbationem gladii acuti, et limati ad fulgendum, amicti ad cædem.
(and corde tabescere, and multiplicat ruinas. In to_all portis their dedi conturbationem gladii acuti, and limati to fulgendum, amicti to cædem. )

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: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) to melt their hearts