Ezekiel 9:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and killed in the city.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then he said to them, 'Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!' So they went out and struck down people in the city.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559} unto them, Defile{H2930} the house,{H1004} and fill{H4390} the courts{H2691} with the slain:{H2491} go ye forth.{H3318} And they went forth,{H3318} and smote{H5221} in the city.{H5892}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Defile{H2930}{(H8761)} the house{H1004}, and fill{H4390}{(H8761)} the courts{H2691} with the slain{H2491}: go ye forth{H3318}{(H8798)}. And they went forth{H3318}{(H8804)}, and slew{H5221}{(H8689)} in the city{H5892}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for he had sayde vnto them: When ye haue defyled the Temple, and fylled the courte with the slayne, then go youre waye forth. So they wete out and slewe downe thorow ye cite.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he sayde vnto them, Defile the house, and fill the courtes with the slaine, then goe foorth: and they went out, and slewe them in the citie.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he sayde vnto them, Defyle ye the temple, fyll the courtes with the slayne, then go your way foorth. So they went out, and slue downe through the citie.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you forth. They went forth, and struck in the city.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they begin among the aged men who `are' before the house, and He saith unto them, `Defile the house, and fill the courts with the wounded, go forth.' And they have gone forth and have smitten in the city.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He said to them,“Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 36:17 : 17 Therefore, he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or young woman, old man, or aged; he gave them all into his hand.
  • Ezek 7:20-22 : 20 As for the beauty of his ornaments, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein; therefore, have I set it far from them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. 22 I will also turn my face from them, and they shall pollute my secret place; for the robbers shall enter into it and defile it.
  • Luke 13:1 : 1 There were present at that time some who told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
  • Ps 79:1-3 : 1 O God, the heathen have entered into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 2 The dead bodies of Your servants they have given to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
  • Lam 2:4-7 : 4 He has bent His bow like an enemy: He stood with His right hand as an adversary, and killed all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: He poured out His fury like fire. 5 The Lord was like an enemy: He has swallowed up Israel, He has swallowed up all her palaces: He has destroyed His strongholds, and has increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. 6 And He has violently taken away His tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: He has destroyed His places of the assembly: the Lord has caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and has despised in the indignation of His anger the king and the priest. 7 The Lord has cast off His altar, He has abhorred His sanctuary, He has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

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