4Put into it the pieces of meat, all the choice pieces-the leg and the shoulder. Fill it with the best of these bones;


In Context

1 In the ninth year, in the tenth month on the tenth day, the word of the LORD came to me:

2 "Son of man, record this date, this very date, because the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

3 Tell this rebellious house a parable and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'Put on the cooking pot; put it on and pour water into it.

4 Put into it the pieces of meat, all the choice pieces-the leg and the shoulder. Fill it with the best of these bones;

5 take the pick of the flock. Pile wood beneath it for the bones; bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.

6 " 'For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now encrusted, whose deposit will not go away! Empty it piece by piece without casting lots for them.

Ezekiel 24:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:4Gather the pieces thereof into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:4Heap together into if the pieces thereof, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:4gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4Gather the pieces thereof into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:4gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4To gather its pieces unto it, every good piece, Thigh and shoulder, the choice of the bones to fill in.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:4Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.