Ezekiel 26 · Verse 8

Ezekiel 26:8

He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
Ezekiel 26:8, King James Version

Ezekiel 26:8 in other translations

BSBHe will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
WEBHe will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will make forts against you, cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you.
ASVHe shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and raise up the buckler against thee.
YLTThy daughters in the field by sword he slayeth, And he hath made against thee a fort, And hath poured out against thee a mount, And hath raised against thee a buckler.
DARBYHe shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field, and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and lift up the target against thee;
BBEHe will put to the sword your daughters in the open country: he will make strong walls against you and put up an earthwork against you, arming himself for war against you.
WebsterHe shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.

What does Ezekiel 26:8 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Thy daughters in the field - This seems to be spoken of Palaetyre, or Tyre on the main land; for forts, mounts, engines of war, horses, and chariots could not be brought to act against the other.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 26:1-14

A prophecy against Tyre. Verses 1-14 To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others, when we are likely to get by it; or with their fall, when we may thrive upon it, is a sin that easily besets us, yet is not thought so bad as really it is. But it comes from a selfish, covetous principle, and from that love of the world as our happiness, which the love of God expressly forbids. He often blasts the projects…

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Ezekiel 26:8 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.

בְּנוֹתַ֥יִךְbe.no.Ta.yikhdaughters yourH1323
בַּשָּׂדֶ֖הba.sa.Dehon the landH7704
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revwith the swordH2719
יַהֲרֹ֑גya.ha.Roghe will killH2026
וְנָתַ֨ןve.na.Tanand he will makeH5414
עָלַ֜יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921
דָּיֵ֗קda.Yeka siege-wallH1785
וְשָׁפַ֤ךְve.sha.Fakhand he will pour outH8210
עָלַ֙יִךְ֙'a.La.yikhon youH5921
סֹֽלְלָ֔הso.le.Laha moundH5550
וְהֵקִ֥יםve.he.Kimand he will raise upH6965
עָלַ֖יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921
צִנָּֽה\׃tzi.Naha body shieldH6793

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 26:8

  • Ezekiel 21:22

    At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

  • Jeremiah 6:6

    For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

  • Jeremiah 32:24

    Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

  • Jeremiah 52:4

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

  • 2 Samuel 20:15

    And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he shall make.
21:22; 2Sa 20:15; Jer 52:4
cast a mount. or, pour out the engine of shot.
Jer 6:6; 32:24; *marg:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 26:7

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

  • Ezekiel 26:8

    He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.

  • Ezekiel 26:9

    And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

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Ezekiel 26:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tus hijas que están en el campo matará á cuchillo; y pondrá contra ti ingenios, y fundará contra ti baluarte, y afirmará contra ti escudo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tes filles qui sont dans la campagne, il les tuera par l’épée; et il établira contre toi des tours; et il élèvera contre toi des terrasses; et il lèvera le bouclier contre toi;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er wird deine Töchter auf dem Gefilde mit dem Schwerte töten; und er wird Belagerungstürme gegen dich aufstellen und einen Wall gegen dich aufschütten und Schilde gegen dich aufrichten,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filias tuas quæ sunt in agro, gladio interficiet, et circumdabit te munitionibus, et comportabit aggerem in gyro, et elevabit contra te clypeum: