17"Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, 'Let the sword pass throughout the land,' and I kill its men and their animals,


In Context

14 even if these three men-Noah, Daniel and Job-were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD .

15 "Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,

16 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD , even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.

17 "Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, 'Let the sword pass throughout the land,' and I kill its men and their animals,

18 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD , even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.

19 "Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath upon it through bloodshed, killing its men and their animals,

Ezekiel 14:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:17Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say to the sword: Pass through the land: and I destroy man and beast out of it:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:17Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:17Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17Or — a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: