Ezekiel 4:8
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Ezekiel 4:8 in other translations
| BSB | Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege. |
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| WEB | Behold, I put ropes on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege. |
| ASV | And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege. |
| YLT | And lo, I have put on thee thick bands, and thou dost not turn from side to side till thy completing the days of thy siege. |
| DARBY | And behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. |
| BBE | And see, I will put bands on you; and you will be stretched out without turning from one side to the other till the days of your attack are ended. |
| Webster | And behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. |
What does Ezekiel 4:8 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 4:1-8
The siege of Jerusalem. (Ezek 4:1-8) The famine the inhabitants would suffer. (Ezek 4:9-17) Verses 1-8 The prophet was to represent the siege of Jerusalem by signs. He was to lie on his left side for a number of days, supposed to be equal to the years from the establishment of idolatry. All that the prophet sets before the children of his people, about the destruction of Jerusalem, is to show that sin is the…
Ezekiel 4:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 4:8
- Ezekiel 3:25
But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
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from one side to another. Heb. from thy side to thy side.
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Context
- Ezekiel 4:7
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
- Ezekiel 4:8
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
- 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 4:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y he aquí he puesto sobre ti cuerdas, y no te tornarás del un tu lado al otro lado, hasta que hayas cumplido los días de tu cerco. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et voici, j’ai mis sur toi des cordes, et tu ne te tourneras point de l’un de tes côtés sur l’autre, jusqu’à ce que tu aies accompli les jours de ton siège. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und siehe, ich lege dir Stricke an, daß du dich nicht von einer Seite auf die andere wirst umwenden können, bis du die Tage deiner Belagerung vollendet hast. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ecce circumdedi te vinculis: et non te convertes a latere tuo in latus aliud, donec compleas dies obsidionis tuæ. |