26You rely on your sword, you do detestable things, and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess the land?'


In Context

23 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

24 "Son of man, the people living in those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as our possession.'

25 Therefore say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Since you eat meat with the blood still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?

26 You rely on your sword, you do detestable things, and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess the land?'

27 "Say this to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those who are left in the ruins will fall by the sword, those out in the country I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those in strongholds and caves will die of a plague.

28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.

Ezekiel 33:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:26Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

33:26You stood on your swords, you have committed abominations, and every one hath defiled his neighbour's wife; and shall you possess the land by inheritance?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

33:26Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:26Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife; and shall ye possess the land?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

33:26Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:26Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:26You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

33:26Ye have stood on your sword, Ye have done abomination, Each the wife of his neighbour ye have defiled, And the land ye possess!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:26You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land?