Ezekiel 7:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The sword is outside, and the plague and famine are inside. Those in the field will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within; he who is in the field shall die by the sword, and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The sword{H2719} is without,{H2351} and the pestilence{H1698} and the famine{H7458} within:{H1004} he that is in the field{H7704} shall die{H4191} with the sword:{H2719} and he that is in the city,{H5892} famine{H7458} and pestilence{H1698} shall devour{H398} him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The sword{H2719} is without{H2351}, and the pestilence{H1698} and the famine{H7458} within{H1004}: he that is in the field{H7704} shall die{H4191}{(H8799)} with the sword{H2719}; and he that is in the city{H5892}, famine{H7458} and pestilence{H1698} shall devour{H398}{(H8799)} him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The swearde shalbe without, pestilence and honger within: so that who so is in the felde, shalbe slayne with the swearde: and he that is in the cite, shall perish with honger and pestilence.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The sword is without, and the pestilence, and the famine within: he that is in the field, shall dye with the sword, and he that is in the citie, famine and pestilence shall deuoure him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The sworde shalbe without, pestilence and hunger within: so that who so is in the fielde shalbe slayne with the sworde, and he that is in the citie shalbe deuoured with hunger and pestilence.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The sword [is] without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that [is] in the field shall die with the sword; and he that [is] in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within: he who is in the field shall die with the sword: and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    The sword `is' without, And the pestilence and the famine within, He who is in a field by sword dieth, And he who is in a city, Famine and pestilence devour him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword: and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword: and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Outside is the sword, and inside disease and need of food: he who is in the open country will be put to the sword; he who is in the town will come to his end through need of food and disease.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within: he who is in the field shall die with the sword: and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go out into the field, I see those slain by the sword. If I enter the city, I see the agonies of famine. Even the prophet and the priest wander aimlessly in the land and have no understanding.
  • Lam 1:20 : 20 See, LORD, how distressed I am! I am in anguish within, my heart is overturned because I have been very rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death.
  • Ezek 5:12 : 12 One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you. Another third will fall by the sword around you, and the final third I will scatter to every wind and pursue with a drawn sword.
  • Ezek 6:12 : 12 The one who is far away will die by the plague, the one who is near will fall by the sword, and those who survive and are besieged will die of famine. Then I will exhaust My wrath upon them.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.' 3 I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.
  • Deut 32:23-25 : 23 I will heap calamities on them and expend My arrows against them. 24 Wasted by famine, consumed by burning heat and bitter destruction, I will send against them the teeth of wild animals and the venom of creatures that crawl in the dust. 25 Outside, the sword will bring bereavement, and inside, there will be terror. It will affect both the young man and the young woman, the nursing child with the gray-haired man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 21:9
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    9 Whoever remains in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague. But whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live; they shall save their life as a prize.

  • Ezek 6:11-12
    2 verses
    82%

    11 This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out, 'Alas!' because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and plague.

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  • Jer 6:25
    80%

    25 Do not go out into the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword; there is terror on every side.

  • Ezek 7:16
    79%

    16 Those who escape will flee to the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each because of their iniquity.

  • Jer 38:2
    79%

    2 This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine, or plague. But whoever goes out to the Chaldeans will live; they will escape with their life and survive.

  • Jer 14:18
    79%

    18 If I go out into the field, I see those slain by the sword. If I enter the city, I see the agonies of famine. Even the prophet and the priest wander aimlessly in the land and have no understanding.

  • Jer 15:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2 And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.'

    3 I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.

  • Deut 32:25
    79%

    25 Outside, the sword will bring bereavement, and inside, there will be terror. It will affect both the young man and the young woman, the nursing child with the gray-haired man.

  • Jer 42:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16 then the sword that you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you worry about will follow close behind you to Egypt, and there you will die.

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  • Ezek 7:14
    78%

    14 They have blown the trumpet and prepared everything, but no one goes out to battle, for my anger is against all their multitude.

  • Ezek 5:17
    78%

    17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will bereave you. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

  • Ezek 5:12
    77%

    12 One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you. Another third will fall by the sword around you, and the final third I will scatter to every wind and pursue with a drawn sword.

  • Lev 26:25
    77%

    25 I will bring the sword upon you to avenge the breaking of the covenant, and when you retreat into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hands of the enemy.

  • Jer 24:10
    77%

    10 I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence against them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.

  • Ezek 33:27
    77%

    27 Tell them this: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those who are in the open field I will give to wild animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of plague.'

  • Jer 5:17
    76%

    17 They will consume your harvest and your bread, devour your sons and daughters, eat your flocks and herds, and consume your vines and fig trees. With the sword, they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust.

  • Isa 13:15
    76%

    15 Whoever is found will be pierced through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.

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  • Jer 32:36
    76%

    36 Now therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning this city about which you are saying, 'It has been handed over to the king of Babylon through sword, famine, and plague':

  • Jer 29:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17 this is what the LORD of Armies says: 'I am about to send against them the sword, famine, and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.'

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  • Jer 4:29
    75%

    29 At the sound of the horsemen and archers, every city flees. They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks. The cities are abandoned, and no one lives in them.

  • Ezek 14:21
    75%

    21 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send my four dreadful judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—against Jerusalem, to cut off both man and beast from it!

  • Ezek 14:17
    75%

    17 Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through the land,' and I cut off from it both man and beast,

  • Jer 14:15-16
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    75%

    15 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who declare, 'No sword or famine will touch this land': By sword and famine, those prophets will meet their end.

    16 And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters. I will pour out their wickedness upon them.

  • Jer 42:22
    75%

    22 Now therefore be certain of this: You will die by the sword, famine, and plague in the place where you desire to go to settle.

  • Lam 4:9
    75%

    9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those dying of hunger, wasting away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.

  • Nah 3:15
    74%

    15 There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. It will consume you like the young locusts. Multiply yourselves like locusts; increase yourselves like swarming locusts.

  • Amos 7:17
    74%

    17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up with a measuring line, and you yourself will die in a polluted land. Israel will surely go into exile away from their homeland.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:37
    74%

    37 When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight, mildew, locusts, or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, or whatever disaster or disease may come,

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    74%

    25 Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but there will be none.

  • Jer 27:13
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    13 Why should you and your people die by the sword, famine, and plague, as the LORD has spoken regarding any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?

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    10 All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, those who say, 'Disaster shall not overtake or confront us.'

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    12 On all the barren heights in the wilderness, destroyers have come. For the sword of the LORD is devouring from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.

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    14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your emptiness will remain within you. You will store up but not save, and what you do save, I will give over to the sword.

  • Jer 32:24
    73%

    24 Look! Siege ramps have arrived to take the city, and it is handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it because of the sword, the famine, and the plague. What You have spoken has come to pass, and You see it happening.

  • 2 Chr 15:6
    73%

    6 Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

  • 2 Chr 6:28
    73%

    28 When famine or plague comes to the land, blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or if an enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,

  • Jer 7:33
    73%

    33 The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the animals of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

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    19 Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath upon it in bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,

  • Deut 13:15
    73%

    15 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,