Ezekiel 36:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’”

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BSBPD

“For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thus saith the Lord God; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because they are saying to you: A devourer of men <FI>art<Fi> thou, And a bereaver of thy nations thou hast been,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 36:13 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 13:32So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

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