Ezekiel 12:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.”
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“So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for removing, and in the even I digged through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, and bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I do so, as I have been commanded; my vessels I have brought forth as vessels of removal by day, and at even I have dug for me through the wall with the hand; in the darkness I have brought forth, on the shoulder I have borne away, before their eyes.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 12:7 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 32:8Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
- Ezekiel 2:8And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
- Ezekiel 12:3Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 24:18So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
- Ezekiel 37:7So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
- Ezekiel 37:10So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.
- Matthew 21:6So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
- Mark 14:16So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
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