Ezekiel 4:17

“That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Ezekiel 4:17

That they may want bread and water, & be astonied one with an other, and consume away for their iniquitie.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

because bread and water will be scarce; and they will be appalled with one another and waste away in their iniquity.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- American Standard Version (1901)

So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.
- Basic English Bible

So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.
- Darby Bible

So that when bread and water fail, every man may fall against his brother, and they may pine away in their iniquities.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

that they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- English Revised Version

that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Ezekiel 4:17

Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 4:17


4:17 May want - So because they served not God with chearfulness in the abundance of all things, He made them serve their enemies in the want of all things.


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