1You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:


In Context

1 You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:

2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

3 Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 4:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, [even] Jerusalem:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:1"Now, son of man, take a clay tablet, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:1And thou, O son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee: and draw upon it the plan of the city of Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, Jerusalem:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city — Jerusalem,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:1You also, son of man, take you a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it the city, even Jerusalem: