17for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin.


In Context

14 Then I said, "Not so, Sovereign LORD ! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth."

15 "Very well," he said, "I will let you bake your bread over cow manure instead of human excrement."

16 He then said to me: "Son of man, I will cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,

17 for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin.

Ezekiel 4:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:17So that when bread and water fail, every man may fall against his brother, and they may pine away in their iniquities.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17that they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.