13Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemneth even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.


In Context

10 It is sharpened to make a grievous slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemneth even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their private chambers.

15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is sharpened for the slaughter.

Ezekiel 21:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:13Because [it is] a trial, and what if [the sword] contemn even the rod? it shall be no [more,] saith the Lord GOD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:13" 'Testing will surely come. And what if the scepter of Judah , which the sword despises, does not continue? declares the Sovereign LORD .'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:13Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:13For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13For the trial is made; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:13For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord GOD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that condemns shall be no more? says the Lord Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13Because it is a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:13Because it is a trial, and what if the sword scorn even the rod? it shall be no more, said the Lord GOD.