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Ezekiel 4:10
And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The food you eat each day will weigh eight ounces; you will eat it at set times.
The food you eat each day will weigh eight ounces; you will eat it at set times.
Hebrew Names Version
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
King James Version
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
English Standard Version
And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.
And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.
New American Standard Bible
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
New Century Version
You will eat eight ounces of food every day at set times.
You will eat eight ounces of food every day at set times.
Amplified Bible
"The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time.
"The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time.
World English Bible
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the meate, whereof thou shalt eate, shalbe by weight, euen twenty shekels a day: and from time to time shalt thou eate thereof.
And the meate, whereof thou shalt eate, shalbe by weight, euen twenty shekels a day: and from time to time shalt thou eate thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
Legacy Standard Bible
And your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
And your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
Contemporary English Version
Eat only a small loaf of bread each day
Eat only a small loaf of bread each day
Complete Jewish Bible
Each day the food you eat must weigh only three-quarters of a pound; you may eat it from time to time [during the day].
Each day the food you eat must weigh only three-quarters of a pound; you may eat it from time to time [during the day].
Darby Translation
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Easy-to-Read Version
You will be allowed to use only 1 cup of that flour each day to make bread. You will eat that bread from time to time throughout the day.
You will be allowed to use only 1 cup of that flour each day to make bread. You will eat that bread from time to time throughout the day.
George Lamsa Translation
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
Good News Translation
You will be allowed eight ounces of bread a day, and it will have to last until the next day.
You will be allowed eight ounces of bread a day, and it will have to last until the next day.
Lexham English Bible
And your food that you will eat will be according to weight; twenty shekels for each day at fixed times you shall eat it.
And your food that you will eat will be according to weight; twenty shekels for each day at fixed times you shall eat it.
Literal Translation
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight: twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight: twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the meate that thou eatest, shall haue a certayne waight apoynted: Namely, twentie sycles euery daye. This apoynted meate shalt thou eate daylie, from the beginnynge to the ende.
And the meate that thou eatest, shall haue a certayne waight apoynted: Namely, twentie sycles euery daye. This apoynted meate shalt thou eate daylie, from the beginnynge to the ende.
American Standard Version
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.
King James Version (1611)
And thy meate which thou shalt eat, shalbe by weight twentie shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meate which thou shalt eat, shalbe by weight twentie shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thy meate that thou eatest shall haue a certaine wayght appointed, [namely] twentie sicles euery day: & from time to time shalt thou eate therof.
And thy meate that thou eatest shall haue a certaine wayght appointed, [namely] twentie sicles euery day: & from time to time shalt thou eate therof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.
And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.
English Revised Version
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe thi mete, which thou schalt ete, schal be in weiyte twenti staters in a dai; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt ete it.
Forsothe thi mete, which thou schalt ete, schal be in weiyte twenti staters in a dai; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt ete it.
Update Bible Version
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thy food which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy food which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
New English Translation
The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.
The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.
New King James Version
And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
New Living Translation
Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times.
Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times.
New Life Bible
The food you eat each day will weigh as much as twenty pieces of silver, and will have to last until the next day.
The food you eat each day will weigh as much as twenty pieces of silver, and will have to last until the next day.
New Revised Standard
The food that you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; at fixed times you shall eat it.
The food that you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; at fixed times you shall eat it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight twenty shekels a day, - from time to time, shalt thou eat it;
and thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight twenty shekels a day, - from time to time, shalt thou eat it;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it.
And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it.
Revised Standard Version
And the food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; once a day you shall eat it.
And the food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; once a day you shall eat it.
Young's Literal Translation
And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
Contextual Overview
9 And take for yourself wheat and barley and different sorts of grain, and put them in one vessel and make bread for yourself from them; all the days when you are stretched on your side it will be your food. 10 And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times. 11 And you are to take water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: you are to take it at regular times. 12 And let your food be barley cakes, cooking it before their eyes with the waste which comes out of a man. 13 And the Lord said, Even so the children of Israel will have unclean bread for their food among the nations where I am driving them. 14 Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth. 15 Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's waste in place of man's waste, and you will make your bread ready on it. 16 And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder: 17 So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 14:13, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 28:51-68, Isaiah 3:1
Reciprocal: Revelation 6:5 - had
Cross-References
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?
And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
Genesis 9:5
And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.
And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.
Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,
And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,
Exodus 3:7
And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
Numbers 35:33
So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.
So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.
Joshua 7:19
And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.
And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.
2 Kings 9:26
I saw the blood of Naboth and of his sons yesterday; and I will give you full payment in this field, says the Lord? So now, take him and put him in this field, as the Lord said.
I saw the blood of Naboth and of his sons yesterday; and I will give you full payment in this field, says the Lord? So now, take him and put him in this field, as the Lord said.
Job 16:18
O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thy meat which thou shall eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day,.... To eat bread by weight was a sign of a grievous famine; see Leviticus 26:26; a shekel, according to Josephus i, weighed four Attic drachms, or half an ounce, wherefore twenty shekels weighed ten ounces; so that the bread the prophet had to eat was but ten ounces a day:
from time to time shall thou eat it; at the certain time of eating, or but once a day; from a set time in one day to the same in another; as from morning to morning, or from noon to noon, or from evening to evening; see Jeremiah 37:21.
i Antiqu. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
meat - A general term for food, which in this case consists of grain. Instead of measuring, it was necessary in extreme scarcity to weigh it Leviticus 26:26; Revelation 6:6.
Twenty shekels a day - The shekel contained about 220 grains, so that 20 shekels would be about 56 of a pound.
From time to time - Thou shalt receive and eat it at the appointed interval of a day.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 4:10. Twenty shekels a day — The whole of the above grain, being ground, was to be formed into one mass, out of which he was to make three hundred and ninety loaves; one loaf for each day; and this loaf was to be of twenty shekels in weight. Now a shekel, being in weight about half an ounce, this would be ten ounces of bread for each day; and with this water to the amount of one sixth part of a hin, which is about a pint and a half of our measure. All this shows that so reduced should provisions be during the siege, that they should be obliged to eat the meanest sort of aliment, and that by weight, and their water by measure; each man's allowance being scarcely a pint and a half, and ten ounces, a little more than half a pound of bread, for each day's support.
