Ezekiel 33:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

So 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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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So thou, son{H1121} of man,{H120} I have set{H5414} thee a watchman{H6822} unto the house{H1004} of Israel;{H3478} therefore hear{H8085} the word{H1697} at my mouth,{H6310} and give them warning{H2094} from me.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So thou, O son{H1121} of man{H120}, I have set{H5414}{(H8804)} thee a watchman{H6822}{(H8802)} unto the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}; therefore thou shalt hear{H8085}{(H8804)} the word{H1697} at my mouth{H6310}, and warn{H2094}{(H8689)} them from me.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And now (O thou sonne of man) I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israel: that where as thou hearest eny thinge out of my mouth, thou mayest warne them on my behalfe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So thou, O sonne of man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt heare the woorde at my mouth, and admonish them from me.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thou O sonne at man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt here the worde at my mouth, and thou shalt warne them from me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And thou, son of man, A watchman I gave thee to the house of Israel, And thou hast heard from My mouth a word, And thou hast warned them from Me.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 26:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD: Stand in the court of the LORD's house and speak to all the cities of Judah, who come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not omit a word:
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 Therefore prepare yourself, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
  • Acts 5:20 : 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
  • Ezek 2:7-8 : 7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse: for they are most rebellious. 8 But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you.
  • Ezek 3:17-21 : 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. 20 Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous do not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never be silent day or night: you who remind the LORD, do not keep silent,
  • Mic 7:4 : 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity.
  • Acts 20:20 : 20 how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
  • 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For I have received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread.
  • 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;
  • Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
  • Col 1:28-29 : 28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works mightily in me.
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more. 2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey those who rule over you, and submit to them, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
  • Jer 6:27 : 27 I have set you as a tower and a fortress among my people, that you may know and test their way.
  • Jer 23:28 : 28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says the LORD.
  • Jer 31:6 : 6 For there shall be a day when the watchmen on Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God.
  • 1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that will I speak.
  • 1 Kgs 22:16-28 : 16 And the king said to him, How many times must I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord? 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 19 And he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the Lord said to him, How? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all of these prophets of yours, and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you. 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son; 27 And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. And he said, Listen, O people, every one of you.
  • 2 Chr 19:10 : 10 And whatever cause shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall even warn them that they do not trespass against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and you shall not trespass.
  • Song 3:3 : 3 The watchmen who go about the city found me: to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves?
  • Song 5:7 : 7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

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  • Ezek 3:16-21
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    16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.

    18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.

    19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

    20 Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

    21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous do not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.

  • Ezek 33:1-3
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    1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take one of their borders, and set him as their watchman:

    3 If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people;

  • Ezek 33:5-6
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    5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he who takes warning shall save his soul.

    6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

  • Ezek 33:8-10
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    8 When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.

    9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

    10 Therefore, O son of man, speak to the house of Israel; this is what you speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them, how should we then live?

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

  • 4 And he said to me, Son of man, go, get yourself to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.

  • Ezek 21:1-2
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    1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

  • 4 The 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."

  • 30 Also, son of man, the children of your people are talking against you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD.

  • 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

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  • 1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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  • 17 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 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.

  • Ezek 3:10-11
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    10 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.

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    1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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  • 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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  • 23 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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  • 15 Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 6:1-2
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    1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

  • Ezek 2:7-8
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    7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse: for they are most rebellious.

    8 But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you.

  • 1 And he said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.

  • 20 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

  • 17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; He that hears, let him hear; and he that refuses, let him refuse: for they are a rebellious house.

  • 16 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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