Ezekiel 21 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 21:6

Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Ezekiel 21:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 21:6 in other translations

BSBBut you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
WEB“Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heart and with bitterness.
ASVSigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
YLTAnd thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,
DARBYSigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
BBEMake sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.
WebsterSigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

What does Ezekiel 21:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. with the breaking of thy loins--as one afflicted with pleurisy; or as a woman, in labor-throes, clasps her loins in pain, and heaves and sighs till the girdle of the loins is broken by the violent action of the body (Jr 30:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Sigh - with the breaking of thy loins - Let thy mourning for this sore calamity be like that of a woman in the pains of travail.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 21:1-17

The ruin of Judah under the emblem of a sharp sword. (Ezek 21:1-17) The approach of the king of Babylon described. (Ezek 21:18-27) The destruction of the Ammonites. (Ezek 21:28-32) Verses 1-17 Here is an explanation of the parable in the last chapter. It is declared that the Lord was about to cut off Jerusalem and the whole land, that all might know it was his decree against a wicked and rebellious people. It…

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Ezekiel 21:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַתָּ֥הve.'a.Tahand youH859
בֶן\־ven-O son ofH1121
אָדָ֖ם'a.DamhumankindH120
הֵֽאָנַ֑חhe.'a.NachgroanH584
בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹןbe.shiv.Ronwith breaking ofH7670
מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ma.te.Na.yimloinsH4975
וּבִמְרִיר֔וּתu.vim.ri.Rutand with bitternessH4814
תֵּֽאָנַ֖חte.'a.Nachyou will groanH584
לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם\׃le.'ei.nei.Hemto eyes theirH5869

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Cross references for Ezekiel 21:6

  • Isaiah 22:4

    Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

  • Ezekiel 6:11

    Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

  • Isaiah 16:11

    Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.

  • Ezekiel 21:12

    Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

  • Habakkuk 3:16

    When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

  • Daniel 8:27

    And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

  • Jeremiah 19:10

    Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

  • Daniel 5:6

    Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

  • Jeremiah 30:6

    Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

  • Jeremiah 4:19

    My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

  • John 11:33-35

    When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept.

  • Ezekiel 12:3-5

    Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Sigh.
12; 6:11; 9:4; Isa 22:4; Jer 4:19; 9:17-21; Joh 11:33-35
with the.
Isa 16:11; 21:3; Jer 30:6; Da 5:6; 8:27; Na 2:10; Hab 3:16
before.
4:12; 12:3-5; 37:20; Jer 19:10

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Context

  • Ezekiel 21:5

    That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

  • Ezekiel 21:6

    Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

  • Ezekiel 21:7

    And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 21:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tú, hijo del hombre, gime con quebrantamiento de lomos, y con amargura; gime delante de los ojos de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la parole de l’ Éternel vint à moi, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Wort Jehovas geschah zu mir also:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et tu, fili hominis, ingemisce in contritione lumborum, et in amaritudinibus ingemisce coram eis.