15And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.


In Context

12 And thou shalt eat it as barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

13 And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.

14 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

15 And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

16 And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

17 because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.

Ezekiel 4:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:15"Very well," he said, "I will let you bake your bread over cow manure instead of human excrement."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:15And he said to me: Behold I have given thee neat's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therewith.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said to me, Behold, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread thereon.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15And He saith unto me, 'See, I have given to thee bullock's dung instead of man's dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread therewith.