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Ezekiel 22:6

See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Rulers;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lead;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“‘Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, the princes of Yisra'el, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
King James Version
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
English Standard Version
"Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been among you for the purpose of shedding blood.
New Century Version
"‘Jerusalem, see how each ruler of Israel in you has been trying to kill people.
Amplified Bible
"Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood in you.
World English Bible
Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, the princes of Israel euery one in thee was ready to his power, to shed blood.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Behold, the princes of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.
Berean Standard Bible
See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
Contemporary English Version
Your own leaders use their power to murder.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘The leaders of Isra'el in you all use their power in order to shed blood.
Darby Translation
Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.
Easy-to-Read Version
"‘Look, all the leaders in Israel are using their strength just to kill other people.
George Lamsa Translation
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his own tribe, were in you to shed blood.
Good News Translation
All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder.
Lexham English Bible
Look! The princes of Israel, each one according to his strength, they are in you for the shedding of blood.
Literal Translation
Behold, the rulers of Israel, each man by his might, have been in you in order to pour out blood.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power, to shed bloude in the.
American Standard Version
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his might, have been in thee to shed blood.
King James Version (1611)
Behold the princes of Israel, euerie one were in thee to their power to shead blood.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde the rulers of Israel, euery one in thee [was redy] to his power to shed blood.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, the princes of the house of Israel have conspired in thee each one with his kindred, that they might shed blood.
English Revised Version
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! princes of Israel, alle in her arm, weren in thee, to schede out blood.
Update Bible Version
Look, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
New English Translation
"‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.
New King James Version
"Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you.
New Living Translation
"Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder.
New Life Bible
See, each of the rulers of Israel who are in you has used his power to kill.
New Revised Standard
The princes of Israel in you, everyone according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! the princes of Israel, very man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding blood.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.
Revised Standard Version
"Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, princes of Israel -- each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.
THE MESSAGE
"‘Your leaders, the princes of Israel among you, compete in crime. You're a community that's insolent to parents, abusive to outsiders, oppressive against orphans and widows. You treat my holy things with contempt and desecrate my Sabbaths. You have people spreading lies and spilling blood, flocking to the hills to the sex shrines and fornicating unrestrained. Incest is common. Men force themselves on women regardless of whether they're ready or willing. Sex is now anarchy. Anyone is fair game: neighbor, daughter-in-law, sister. Murder is for hire, usury is rampant, extortion is commonplace. "‘And you've forgotten me. Decree of God , the Master.

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear to her all her disgusting ways. 3 And you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: A town causing blood to be drained out in her streets so that her time may come, and making images in her to make her unclean! 4 You are responsible for the blood drained out by you, and you are unclean through the images which you have made; and you have made your day come near, and the time of your judging has come; for this cause I have made you a name of shame to the nations and a cause of laughing to all countries. 5 Those who are near and those who are far from you will make sport of you; your name is unclean, you are full of sounds of fear. 6 See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you. 7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow. 8 You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean. 9 In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect. 10 In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the princes: Ezekiel 22:27, Nehemiah 9:34, Isaiah 1:23, Jeremiah 2:26, Jeremiah 2:27, Jeremiah 5:5, Jeremiah 32:32, Daniel 9:8, Micah 3:1-3, Micah 3:9-11, Zechariah 3:3

power: Heb. arm, Micah 2:1

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 36:14 - all the chief Job 31:39 - caused the owners thereof to lose their life Psalms 94:21 - condemn Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth Ecclesiastes 7:29 - they Isaiah 3:5 - the people Isaiah 59:7 - and they Jeremiah 3:5 - thou hast spoken Jeremiah 26:10 - the princes Ezekiel 24:6 - Woe Ezekiel 33:25 - and shed Micah 6:12 - the rich Micah 7:3 - do Zephaniah 3:3 - princes Malachi 3:5 - the sorcerers Luke 18:2 - which Galatians 5:19 - Adultery

Cross-References

Isaiah 53:6
We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
Matthew 8:17
So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.
John 19:17
And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):
1 Peter 2:24
He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, the princes of Israel,.... Those that belonged to the royal family, or the nobles of the land, or the members of the grand sanhedrim of the nation:

everyone were in thee to their power to shed blood; everyone exerted himself to the uttermost, according to his ability, to shed blood, or cause it to be shed; everyone strove, as it were, who should shed most, to exceed each other in this abominable sin.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render it: Behold the princes of Israel, each according to his might (literally “arm”) have been in thee in order to shed blood. They looked to might not right.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 22:6. Behold, the princes — Ye are a vile and murderous people, and your princes have been of the same character. Like people, like prince.


 
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