6Sigh therefore, you son of man, with the breaking of your loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.


In Context

3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

4 Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

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

7 And it shall be, when they say to you, Why sigh you? that you shall answer, For the tidings; because it comes: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes, and shall be brought to pass, said the Lord GOD.

8 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 21:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of [thy] loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:6"Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:6And thou, son of man, mourn with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:6Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:6Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your thighs and with bitterness you will sigh before their eyes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6And thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,