Ezekiel 4 · Verse 10

Ezekiel 4:10

And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Ezekiel 4:10, King James Version

Ezekiel 4:10 in other translations

BSBYou are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
WEBYour food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it.
ASVAnd thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
YLTAnd thy food that thou dost eat is by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
DARBYAnd thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
BBEAnd you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.
WebsterAnd thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

What does Ezekiel 4:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. twenty shekels--that is, little more than ten ounces; a scant measure to sustain life (Jr 52:6). But it applies not only to the siege, but to their whole subsequent state.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Twenty shekels a day - The whole of the above grain, being ground, was to be formed into one mass, out of which he was to make three hundred and ninety loaves; one loaf for each day; and this loaf was to be of twenty shekels in weight. Now a shekel, being in weight about half an ounce, this would be ten ounces of bread for each day; and with this water to the amount of one sixth part of a hin, which is about a pint and a half of our measure. All this shows that so reduced should provisions be during the siege, that they should be obliged to eat the meanest sort of aliment, and that by weight, and their water by measure; each man's allowance being scarcely a pint and a half, and ten ounces, a little more than half a pound of bread, for each day's support.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 4:9-17

The bread which was Ezekiel's support, was to be made of coarse grain and pulse mixed together, seldom used except in times of urgent scarcity, and of this he was only to take a small quantity. Thus was figured the extremity to which the Jews were to be reduced during the siege and captivity. Ezekiel does not plead, Lord, from my youth I have been brought up delicately, and never used to any thing like this; but…

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Ezekiel 4:10 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.

וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙u.ma.'a.kha.le.Khaand food yourH3978
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
תֹּאכֲלֶ֔נּוּto.kha.Le.nuyou will eat itH398
בְּמִשְׁק֕וֹלbe.mish.Kolby weightH4946
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.Rim[will be] twentyH6242
שֶׁ֖קֶלShe.kelshekel[s]H8255
לַיּ֑וֹםlai.Yomto the dayH3117
מֵעֵ֥תme.'Etfrom timeH6256
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
עֵ֖ת'ettimeH6256
תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ\׃to.kha.Le.nuyou will eat itH398

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 4:10

  • Leviticus 26:26

    And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

  • Ezekiel 45:12

    And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

  • Ezekiel 4:16

    Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

  • Isaiah 3:1

    For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

  • Ezekiel 14:13

    Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

  • Deuteronomy 28:51-68

    And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16; 14:13; Le 26:26; De 28:51-68; Isa 3:1

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Context

  • Ezekiel 4:9

    Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

  • Ezekiel 4:10

    And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

  • Ezekiel 4:11

    Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

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Ezekiel 4:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y la comida que has de comer será por peso de veinte siclos al día: de tiempo á tiempo lo comerás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ton manger que tu mangeras sera au poids, 20 sicles par jour; tu le mangeras de temps en temps.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und deine Speise, die du essen wirst, soll nach dem Gewicht sein: zwanzig Sekel für den Tag; von Zeit zu Zeit sollst du davon essen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cibus autem tuus, quo vesceris, erit in pondere viginti stateres in die: a tempore usque ad tempus comedes illud.