22You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.


In Context

19 The people said to me, Won't you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

20 Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

21 Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.

22 You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

23 Your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.

24 Thus Ezekiel shall be a sign to you; according to all that he has done, you will do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 24:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And you will do as I have done. You will not cover the lower part of your face or eat the customary food of mourners .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.