Ezekiel 12:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

In their sight you shall bear it upon your shoulders, and carry it forth at twilight: you shall cover your face, that you do not see the ground: for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Carry your things on your shoulder in their sight, at dusk. Cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the land: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    in their sight. As for thy self, thou shalt go forth in the darcke. Hyde thy face that thou se not ye earth, for I haue made the a shewtoke vnto the house of Israel.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    In their sight shalt thou beare it vpon thy shoulders, and carie it foorth in the darke: thou shalt couer thy face that thou see not the earth: for I haue set thee as a signe vnto the house of Israel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    In their sight shalt thou beare vpon thy shouldiers, and cary it foorth in the darke: hide thy face, that thou see not the earth, for I haue made thee a shewe token vnto the house of Israel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    In their sight shalt thou bear [it] upon [thy] shoulders, [and] carry [it] forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee [for] a sign unto the house of Israel.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    In their sight shall you bear it on your shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face, that you don't see the land: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Before their eyes on the shoulder thou dost bear, in the darkness thou dost bring forth, thy face thou dost cover, and thou dost not see the earth, for a type I have given thee to the house of Israel.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the land: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the land: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And before their eyes, take your goods on your back and go out in the dark; go with your face covered: for I have made you a sign to the children of Israel.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face, so that you don't see the land: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground because I have made you an object lesson to the house of Israel.”

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 4:3 : 3 Moreover, take an iron pan and set it as a wall of iron between you and the city, and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
  • Ezek 24:24 : 24 Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign: according to all that he has done, you shall do: and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
  • 1 Sam 28:8 : 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on different clothing, and he went with two men, and they came to the woman by night. And he said, Please, divine for me by the familiar spirit, and bring up for me the one whom I shall name to you.
  • 2 Sam 15:30 : 30 And David went up by the ascent of Mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
  • Job 24:17 : 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if one knows them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
  • Isa 20:2-4 : 2 At that same time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take off your sandals from your feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. 3 And the LORD said, Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; 4 So will the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners, and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
  • Ezek 12:11-12 : 11 Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so it shall be done to them: they shall move and go into captivity. 12 And the prince who is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out through it: he shall cover his face, that he may not see the ground with his eyes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    6 verses
    85%

    7And I did so as I was commanded: I brought out my belongings by day, as belongings for captivity, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand; I brought them out at twilight, and I bore them on my shoulder in their sight.

    8In the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    9Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing?

    10Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel who are among them.

    11Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so it shall be done to them: they shall move and go into captivity.

    12And the prince who is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out through it: he shall cover his face, that he may not see the ground with his eyes.

  • Ezek 12:2-5
    4 verses
    84%

    2Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see but do not see; and ears to hear but do not hear: for they are a rebellious house.

    3Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for departure, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall move from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

    4Then you shall bring out your belongings by day in their sight, as belongings for exile: and you shall go forth in the evening in their sight, as those who go into captivity.

    5Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your belongings out through it.

  • Ezek 4:3-8
    6 verses
    75%

    3Moreover, take an iron pan and set it as a wall of iron between you and the city, and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

    4Lie also upon your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that you shall lie upon it, you shall bear their iniquity.

    5For I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

    6And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed you each day for a year.

    7Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.

    8Behold, I will put bands upon you, and you shall not turn from one side to another, till you have completed the days of your siege.

  • Isa 22:17
    72%

    17Behold, the LORD will carry you away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover you.

  • Ezek 21:6
    71%

    6Sigh therefore, son of man, with the breaking of your loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

  • Ezek 40:4
    71%

    4The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show it to you. Declare all you see to the house of Israel."

  • Ezek 36:32
    71%

    32Not for your sakes do I this, says the Lord GOD, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

  • Ezek 36:7
    70%

    7Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the nations that are about you, they shall bear their own shame.

  • Ezek 3:25
    70%

    25But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon you, and they shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:

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    70%

    12Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the earth.

  • Ezek 24:22-24
    3 verses
    70%

    22And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

    23And your turbans shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall waste away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

    24Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign: according to all that he has done, you shall do: and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 9:4
    70%

    4And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in it.

  • Ezek 39:23-24
    2 verses
    70%

    23And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore I hid my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so they all fell by the sword.

    24According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have done to them, and hid my face from them.

  • Isa 51:16
    69%

    16And I have put my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, 'You are my people.'

  • Ezek 32:8
    69%

    8All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 16:54
    69%

    54That you may bear your own shame, and may be confounded in all that you have done, in that you are a comfort unto them.

  • Ezek 37:20
    69%

    20And the sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.

  • Ezek 24:16
    69%

    16Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.

  • Ezek 43:10
    69%

    10You, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities, and let them measure the pattern.

  • Ezek 39:12
    69%

    12And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

  • Jer 13:4
    69%

    4Take the belt that you have got, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole in the rock.

  • Isa 52:12
    69%

    12For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

  • Jer 6:27
    69%

    27I have set you as a tower and a fortress among my people, that you may know and test their way.

  • Isa 21:6
    69%

    6For the Lord has said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.

  • Mic 6:16
    69%

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  • Mic 3:6
    69%

    6Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

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    69%

    7So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

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    69%

    29Neither will I hide my face anymore from them, for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord GOD.

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    69%

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    8Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.