Ezekiel 24:18
16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
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.
19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto 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.
Compare
- 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
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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