Ezekiel 21:6

Bishop's Bible

Mourne therfore O thou sonne of man, yea [euen] with the breakyng of thy loynes, mourne bitterly in their presence.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart right before their eyes.

Hebrew Names Version
Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your loins and with bitterness shall you sigh before their eyes.

King James Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

English Standard Version
"As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.

New American Standard Bible
"As for you, son of man, groan with a breaking heart and bitter grief; you shall groan in their sight.

New Century Version
"So, human, groan with breaking heart and great sadness. Groan in front of the people.

Amplified Bible
"As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.

World English Bible
Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your loins and with bitterness shall you sigh before their eyes.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Mourne therefore, thou sonne of man, as in the paine of thy reines, and mourne bitterly before them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now as for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.

Berean Standard Bible
But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, groan in sorrow and despair so that everyone can hear you.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, make sad sounds like a sad person with a broken heart. Make these sad sounds in front of the people.

George Lamsa Translation
And as for you, O Son of man, sigh with a broken heart, and with bitterness groan before their eyes.

Good News Translation
"Mortal man, groan as if your heart is breaking with despair. Groan in sorrow where everyone can watch you.

Lexham English Bible
And you, son of man, groan with shaking hips, and you must groan with bitterness before their eyes.

Literal Translation
And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your loins, and groan with bitterness before their eyes.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Mourne therfore (o thou sonne of man) yt thy loynes crack withall, yee mourne bytterly for them:

American Standard Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

Bible in Basic English
Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Sigh therefore thou sonne of man with the breaking of thy loynes, and with bitternesse sigh before their eyes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou, son of man, groan with the breaking of thy loins; thou shalt even groan heavily in their sight.

English Revised Version
Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou, sone of man, weile in sorewe of leendis, and in bitternessis thou schalt weile bifore hem.

Update Bible Version
Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your loins and with bitterness you shall sigh before their eyes.

Webster's Bible Translation
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of [thy] loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

New English Translation
"And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

New King James Version
Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.

New Living Translation
"Son of man, groan before the people! Groan before them with bitter anguish and a broken heart.

New Life Bible
As for you, son of man, cry in sorrow in front of them, as if your heart is breaking.

New Revised Standard
The Drawn Sword of God The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord : I am coming against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked. Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again. Moan therefore, mortal; moan with breaking heart and bitter grief before their eyes.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou, therefore O son of man sigh, - In the sharp pain of thy loins and in bitterness, shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou, son of man, mourn with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before them.

Revised Standard Version
Sigh therefore, son of man; sigh with breaking heart and bitter grief before their eyes.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,

THE MESSAGE
"So, son of man, groan! Double up in pain. Make a scene!

Contextual Overview

¹ The worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: ² Thou sonne of man, set thy face towarde Hierusalem, and drop [thy worde] towarde the holy places, and prophecie agaynst the lande of Israel. ³ Say to the lande of Israel, thus saith the Lorde, Beholde I am against thee, and wyll drawe my sworde out of the sheath, and cut of from thee both the righteous and the wicked. ⁴ Seyng then that I wyll cut of from thee both the righteous and the wicked: therfore shall my sworde go out of his sheath agaynst all fleshe from the south to the north, ⁵ That all fleshe may knowe howe that I the Lorde haue drawne my sworde out of the sheath, and it shall not be put in agayne. ⁶ Mourne therfore O thou sonne of man, yea [euen] with the breakyng of thy loynes, mourne bitterly in their presence. ⁷ And if they say vnto thee, wherfore mournest thou? Then tell them, for the tidinges that commeth: All heartes shall melt, all handes shalbe letten downe, all stomackes shal faynt, and all knees shall go as water: beholde it commeth, and shalbe brought to passe, saith the Lorde God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Sigh: Ezekiel 21:12, Ezekiel 6:11, Ezekiel 9:4, Isaiah 22:4, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 9:17-21, John 11:33-35

with the: Isaiah 16:11, Isaiah 21:3, Jeremiah 30:6, Daniel 5:6, Daniel 8:27, Nahum 2:10, Habakkuk 3:16

before: Ezekiel 4:12, Ezekiel 12:3-5, Ezekiel 37:20, Jeremiah 19:10

Reciprocal: Esther 4:1 - and cried Jeremiah 6:24 - We have Ezekiel 32:18 - wail Mark 7:34 - he sighed John 11:38 - groaning 1 Peter 5:6 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
But Abraham fell vppon his face, and laughed, and sayde in his heart: shall a chylde be borne vnto hym that is an hundreth yere olde? And shall Sara that is ninetie yere olde beare?

Genesis 21:12
And God sayde vnto Abraham, let it not be greeuous in thy sight, because of the lad and of thy bonde woman: In al that Sara hath said vnto thee, heare her voyce, for in Isahac shall thy seede be called.

Genesis 21:15
And the water was spent in the bottell, and she cast the lad vnder some one of the trees:

Genesis 21:21
And he dwelt in the wyldernesse of Paran, and his mother got hym a wyfe out of the lande of Egypt.

Genesis 21:22
And at the same season, Abimelech and Phicol his chiefe captayne spake vnto Abraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:

Genesis 21:27
And Abraham toke sheepe and Oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: & they made both of them a leage together.

Genesis 21:28
And Abraham set seuen ewe lambes by them selues.

Psalms 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to kepe house: and to be a ioyful mother of children. Prayse ye the Lorde.

Psalms 126:2
Then shall our mouth be filled with a laughter: and our tongue with a ioyfull noyse. Then shall suche as be amongst the Heathen say: God hath brought great thinges to passe, that he myght do for them.

Isaiah 49:15
Will a woman forget her owne infant, and not pitie the sonne of her owne wombe? And though they do forget, yet wyll I not forget thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Sigh, therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins,.... As if thy loins were broke, and go as if they were, and sigh as thou goest; or as a woman in travail, having her hands upon her loins as ready to break, and in the utmost distress; or heave, and groan, and sigh, till the girdle of the loins is broke, and by these motions and gesture show the miserable state of this people, and how much thou art affected with it:

and with bitterness sigh before their eyes; in the sight and hearing of the captives at Babylon; who would take care, by some means or other, to inform their brethren at Jerusalem of it, how the prophet sighed and groaned, under an apprehension and assurance of a dreadful calamity coming upon them; using along with his sobs and sighs, and brinish tears, doleful words and bitter lamentations.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophet was directed to let the people see him sighing and prostrate, as a sign of the sorrow and weakness about to come upon the people.

The breaking of thy loins - The prostration of strength; the loins being the seat of strength.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 21:6. Sigh - with the breaking of thy loins — Let thy mourning for this sore calamity be like that of a woman in the pains of travail.