6" 'See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.


In Context

3 and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,

4 you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.

5 Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.

6 " 'See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.

7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the alien and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.

Ezekiel 22:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Lo, princes of Israel — each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in you to their power to shed blood.