Ezekiel 5:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.”

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BSBPD

“But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And thou hast taken thence a few in number--and hast bound them in thy skirts;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 5:3 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
  2. Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
  3. Jeremiah 40:6So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
  4. Jeremiah 52:16But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
  5. Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
  6. Luke 13:23“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
  7. 1 Peter 4:18And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

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

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