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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“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)“Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And thou hast taken thence a few in number--and hast bound them in thy skirts;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 5:3 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 52:16But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
- Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Luke 13:23“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
- 1 Peter 4:18And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
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