Ezekiel 12:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.”
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“Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And thou hast brought forth thy vessels as vessels of removal by day before their eyes, and thou, thou dost go forth at even before their eyes, as the goings forth of a removal.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 12:4 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 25:4Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
- Jeremiah 39:4When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 52:7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
- Ezekiel 12:12And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
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