Ezekiel 20:46

KJV1611 – Modern English

Son of man, set your face toward the south, and speak toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou sonne of ma, set thy face towarde the south, & speake to the south wynde,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Sonne of man, set thy face toward the way of Teman, and drop thy word toward the South, and prophecie towarde the forest of the fielde of the South,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou sonne of man, set thy face towarde the way of Themanah, and drop thy worde towarde the south, and prophecie towarde the forest of the south fielde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop [your word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Son of man, set thy face the way of Teman, and prophesy unto the south, and prophesy unto the forest of the field -- the south;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop `thy word' toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Son of man, let your face be turned to the south, let your words be dropped to the south, and be a prophet against the woodland of the South;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop [your word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev,

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
• Amos 7:16 : 16 Now therefore hear the word of the LORD: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.
• Jer 13:19 : 19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it, it shall be completely carried away captive.
• Jer 22:7 : 7 And I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
• Ezek 4:7 : 7 Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.
• Ezek 6:2 : 2 Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
• Mic 2:6 : 6 Do not prophesy, they say to those who prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they may not take shame.
• Zech 11:1-2 : 1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars. 2 Howl, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen; because the mighty are destroyed. Howl, O oaks of Bashan, for the forest of the vintage has come down.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 My teaching shall drop as the rain, my words shall distill as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• Job 29:22 : 22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech fell gently upon them.
• Isa 30:6 : 6 The burden of the beasts of the south: through a land of trouble and anguish, from which come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.