13Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God.


In Context

10 It is sharpened to kill victims: it is furbished that it may glitter: thou removest the sceptre of my son, thou hast cut down every tree.

11 And I have given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, that it may be in the hand of the slayer.

12 Cry, and howl, 0 son of man, for this sword is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel, that are fled: they are delivered up to the sword with my people, strike therefore upon thy thigh,

13 Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God.

14 Thou therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled: this is the sword of a great slaughter, that maketh them stand amazed,

15 And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.

Ezekiel 21:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:13Because [it is] a trial, and what if [the sword] contemn even the rod? it shall be no [more,] saith the Lord GOD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:13" 'Testing will surely come. And what if the scepter of Judah , which the sword despises, does not continue? declares the Sovereign LORD .'

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:13For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13For the trial is made; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:13For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord GOD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemneth even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that condemns shall be no more? says the Lord Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13Because it is a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:13Because it is a trial, and what if the sword scorn even the rod? it shall be no more, said the Lord GOD.