Ezekiel 14:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,”

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BSBPD

“Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`If an evil beast I cause to pass through the land, and it hath bereaved, and it hath been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 14:15 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:22I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
  2. 1 Kings 20:36Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
  3. 2 Kings 17:25Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
  4. Isaiah 51:19These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
  5. Jeremiah 15:3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
  6. Ezekiel 5:17I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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