Ezekiel 16:6 — Compare Translations

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And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live.

English Amplified

And when I passed by you and saw you rolling about in your blood, I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you still in your natal blood, Live!

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And when I passed by you and saw you rolling about in your blood, I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you still in your natal blood, Live!

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

“‘I passed by you and saw you thrashing around in your blood, and I said to you as you lay in your blood, “Live!” Yes, I said to you as you lay in your blood, “Live!”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!

English EASY 2024

Then I saw you as I went that way. You were lying there on the ground in your blood. You were trying to move. While you lay there, I said to you, ‘Stay alive.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"'Then I passed by. I saw you lying there, kicking in the blood. You were covered with blood, but I said, "Please live!" Yes, you were covered with blood, but I said, "Please live!"

"And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!' I said to you in your blood, 'Live!'

English GNT (Good News Translation)

“Then I passed by and saw you squirming in your own blood. You were covered with blood, but I wouldn't let you die.

English God's Word - GW 1995

"'Then I went by you and saw you kicking around in your own blood. I said to you, "Live."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

"I passed by you and saw you lying in your blood, and I said to you [as you lay] in your blood: Live! Yes, I said to you [as you lay] in your blood: Live!

English KJV 1611

And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

English LSB

“Then I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood. So I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ Indeed I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When I passed by you and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you when you were in your blood, “Live!” Indeed, I said to you when you were in your blood, “Live!”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!' Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!'

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Then I passed by and saw you weltering in your blood. I said to you: Live in your blood

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

“‘I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

" ' "I was passing by. I saw you kicking around in your blood. As you were lying there, I said to you, 'Live!'

English NIV

"'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!"

English NKJ 1982

“And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’

English NLT

"But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, `Live!'

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

I passed by you, and saw you flailing about in your blood. As you lay in your blood, I said to you, "Live!

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

“ ‘Then I passed by, and I saw you there squirming in your blood. And as you lay there covered with blood, I spoke over you: “Live!”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

“And when I passed by you, and saw you weltering in your blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

'But I came by and saw you there, covered with your own blood, and I said, 'Live!

English Tyndale 1537

Then came I by thee, and saw thee trodden down in thine own blood, and said unto thee: thou shalt be purged from thine own blood, from thine own blood (I say) shalt thou be cleansed.