22And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.


In Context

19 And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

21 Speak to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left shall fall by the sword.

22 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

23 And your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

24 Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign: according to all that he has done shall you do: and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 24:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And you will do as I have done. You will not cover the lower part of your face or eat the customary food of mourners .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.