EZE 21:21 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (EZE 21:26) Διότι στήσεται βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχαίαν ὁδόν, ἐπʼ ἀρχῆς τῶν δύο ὁδῶν, τοῦ μαντεύσασθαι μαντείαν, τοῦ ἀναβράσαι ῥάβδον, καὶ ἐπερωτῆσαι ἐν τοῖς γλυπτοῖς, καὶ κατασκοπήσασθαι.
(Dioti staʸsetai basileus Babulōnos epi taʸn arⱪaian hodon, epʼ arⱪaʸs tōn duo hodōn, tou manteusasthai manteian, tou anabrasai ɽabdon, kai eperōtaʸsai en tois gluptois, kai kataskopaʸsasthai.)

BrTr (EZE 21:26) For the king of Babylon shall stand on the old way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination, to make bright the arrow, and to enquire of the graven images, and to examine the victims.

ULT For the king of Babylon stands at the mother of the way, at the head of the two ways, to divine a divination. He shakes the arrows, he inquires of the teraphim, he looks at the liver.

UST The king of Babylon will stop where the road divides, at the place where the two roads begin, and there he will try to learn what will happen by using magic. He will shake marked arrows and see which one falls out; he will ask his household idols what to do; and he will examine the liver of an animal that he has killed.

BSB & MSB For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

OEB No OEB EZE 21:21 book available

WEBBE & WMBB For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim.[fn] He looked in the liver.

21:21 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

NET For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: He shakes arrows, he consults idols, he examines animal livers.

LSV For the king of Babylon has stood at the head of the way,
At the top of the two ways, to use divination,
He has moved lightly with the arrows,
He has inquired of the teraphim,
He has looked on the liver.

FBV The king of Babylon is standing at the fork in the road where the two roads meet looking for a prophetic sign: he casts lots using arrows, he asks advice from idols, and he examines the liver of sacrificial animals.

T4T When the army of Babylonia comes to where the road divides, they will stop, and the king will perform magic rituals to decide which road to go on. He will throw arrows; then consult his idolsabout which road to go on, and he will ◄examine/look at► the liverof a sheep.

LEB For the king of Babylon stands at the fork of the road at the head of the two roads to practice divination. _⌊He shakes the arrows_⌋,[fn] he inquires with the teraphim, he _⌊examines_⌋[fn] the liver.

21:21 Literally “he casts the lot with the arrows” (cf. NASB, NRSV)

21:21 Literally “sees with”

BBE For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.

Moff For the king of Babylon is standing at the cross-roads, where the two paths fork, to practise divination; he is shaking the two arrows, consulting the oracle, and inspecting a beast’s liver.

JPS (EZE 21:26) (21-31) thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased.

ASV For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.

DRA For the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails.

YLT For stood hath the king of Babylon at the head of the way, At the top of the two ways, to use divination, He hath moved lightly with the arrows, He hath asked at the teraphim, He hath looked on the liver.

Drby For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh [his] arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.

RV For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.

SLT For the king of Babel stood at the mother of the way in the head of the two ways, to divine a divination; he shook with the arrows, he asked in the family gods, he looked in the liver.

Wbstr For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

KJB-1769 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.[fn][fn][fn]

21.21 parting of: Heb. mother of

21.21 arrows: or, knives

21.21 images: Heb. teraphim

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two wayes, to vse diuination: he made his arrowes bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liuer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

21:21 Heb. mother of the way.

21:21 Or, kniues.

21:21 Heb. Teraphim.

Bshps For the kyng of Babylon stoode at the partyng of the wayes, at the head of the two wayes, consultyng by diuination, he made his arrowes bright, consulted with images, & lookt in the liuer.
(For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the ways, at the head of the two ways, consulting by divination, he made his arrows bright, consulted with images, and looked in the liver.)

Gnva And the King of Babel stoode at the parting of the way, at the head of the two wayes, consulting by diuination, and made his arrowes bright: hee consulted with idoles, and looked in the liuer.
(And the King of Babel stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, consulting by divination, and made his arrows bright: he consulted with idols, and looked in the liver.)

Cvdl For the kinge of Babilon shall stonde in the turnynge of the waye, at the heade of the two stretes: to axe councell at the soythsayers, castinge the lottes with his arowes, to axe councell at the Idols, and to loke in the lyuer.
(For the king of Babylon shall stand in the turning of the way, at the head of the two streets: to ask council/counsel at the soothsayers, casting/throwing the lots with his arrows, to ask council/counsel at the Idols, and to look in the liver.)

Wycl For the king of Babiloyne stood in the meeting of twey weies, in the heed of twei weies, and souyte dyuynyng, and medlide arowis; he axide idols, and took councel at entrails.
(For the king of Babylon stood in the meeting of twain/two_or_both ways, in the head of two ways, and sought divining, and mixed arrows; he asked idols, and took council/counsel at entrails.)

Luth (EZE 21:26) Denn der König zu Babel wird sich an die Wegscheide stellen, vorne an den zween Wegen, daß er ihm wahrsagen lasse, mit den Pfeilen um das Los schieße, seinen Abgott frage und schaue die Leber an.
(Because the/of_the king to/for Babel becomes itself/yourself/themselves at/to the intersection place/put, in_front at/to the two ways/Because_of, that he him practise_divination let, with the arrows around/by/for the lot shoot(v), his idol ask and look the liver at/to.)

ClVg Stetit enim rex Babylonis in bivio, in capite duarum viarum, divinationem quærens, commiscens sagittas: interrogavit idola, exta consuluit.
(He_stood because king Babylon in/into/on fork_in_the_road, in/into/on head of_two of_roads, divination seeking, intermingling arrows: asked idols, stand_out consulted.)

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