Ezekiel 14:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, 'Let the sword pass throughout the land,' and I kill its people and their animals,

New Living Translation
“Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.

English Standard Version
“Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast,

Berean Study Bible
Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,

New American Standard Bible
Or if I were to bring a sword on that country and say, ‘A sword is to pass through the country,’ and I eliminated human and animal life from it,

NASB 1995
"Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, 'Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,'

NASB 1977
“Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,’

Amplified Bible
Or if I were to bring a sword on that land and say, ‘Let a sword go through the land and cut off man and animal from it,’

Christian Standard Bible
“Or suppose I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I wipe out both people and animals from it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Or if I bring a sword against that land and say: Let a sword pass through it, so that I wipe out both man and animal from it,

Contemporary English Version
Or suppose I send an enemy to attack a sinful nation and kill its people and livestock.

Good News Translation
"Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Suppose I bring a war against that country by saying, 'I will let a war go throughout this country.' Suppose I destroy the people and the animals in it.

International Standard Version
"Or if I were to bring war to that land and say, 'Hey, sword! Pass throughout the land so I can destroy both man and beasts in it,'

NET Bible
"Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through the land,' and I were to kill both people and animals.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

New King James Version
“Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it,

King James 2000 Bible
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

New Heart English Bible
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land'; so that I cut off from it man and animal;

World English Bible
Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;

American King James Version
Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

American Standard Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

A Faithful Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land;' so that I cut off man and beast from it;

Darby Bible Translation
Or [if] I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,

English Revised Version
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

Webster's Bible Translation
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Or if I bring a sworde vpon this land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I destroy man and beast out of it,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Or if I bryng a sworde vpon this lande, and say, sworde go through the lande, so that I slay downe man and beast in it,

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Or, yf I bringe a swearde in to the londe, and charge it to go thorow the londe: so that I slaye downe man and beest in it,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Or [if] I bring a sword in against that land, and I have said: Sword, pass over through the land, and I have cut off man and beast from it—

Young's Literal Translation
'Or -- a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast --

Smith's Literal Translation
Or I shall bring a sword upon that land, and I said, Sword, thou shalt pass through the land; and I cut off from it man and cattle.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say to the sword: Pass through the land: and I destroy man and beast out of it:

Catholic Public Domain Version
Or if I lead in the sword upon that land, and if I say to the sword, ‘Pass through the land,’ and so I destroy from it both man and beast,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And if I bring a sword on this land, and I will say: "The sword shall pass through in the land, and I shall destroy from it children of men and beasts

Lamsa Bible
Or if I should bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through that land, and I destroy man and beast from it;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say: Let the sword go through the land, so that I cut off from it man and beast;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Or again if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Let the sword go through the land; and I cut off from them man and beast:
















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