Ezekiel 24:18
16 “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
17 Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
19 Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
20 So I answered them, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
- KJV
- So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
- WEB
- So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was commanded.
- ASV
- So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
- DARBY
- And I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.
- BLB
- And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and in the morning I did as I was commanded.
- ÅB
- Så talte jeg til folket om morgenen, og min hustru døde om kvelden; og morgenen etter gjorde jeg som det var sagt meg.
- OTB
- Så jeg talte til folket om morgenen, og om kvelden døde min kone. Neste morgen gjorde jeg som jeg ble befalt.
- B1930
- Så talte jeg til folket om morgenen, og min hustru døde om aftenen; og morgenen efter gjorde jeg som det var sagt mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 7:29–30
What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
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