Ezekiel 4:12 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung -- the filth of man -- thou dost bake before their eyes.

English ASV

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

English Amplified

And you shall eat your food as barley cakes and you shall bake it with human dung as fuel in the sight of the people.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And you shall eat your food as barley cakes and you shall bake it with human dung as fuel in the sight of the people.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You will eat it as you would a barley cake and bake it over dried human excrement in their sight.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And thou shalt eat it [as] barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

English EASY 2024

Prepare your food like a cake that is made from barley. Bake it on a fire that you have made with human dung. Do this where the people can see you.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You must make your bread each day. You must get dry human dung and burn it. Then you must cook the bread over this burning dung. You must eat this bread in front of the people."

And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

You are to build a fire out of dried human excrement, bake bread on the fire, and eat it where everyone can see you.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Eat the bread as you would eat barley loaves. Bake the bread in front of people, using human excrement for fuel."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You will eat it as [you would] a barley cake and bake it over dried human excrement in their sight."

English KJV 1611

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

English LSB

You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human dung.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You shall eat it as barley cake, having baked it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human dung."

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

For your food you must bake barley loaves over human excrement in their sight, said the LORD.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"Eat your food as you would eat a barley cake. Bake it over human waste in front of the people."

English NIV

Eat the food as you would a barley cake; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel."

English NKJ 1982

And you shall eat it as barley cakes; and bake it using fuel of human waste in their sight.”

English NLT

Each day prepare your bread as you would barley cakes. While all the people are watching, bake it over a fire using dried human dung as fuel and then eat the bread.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

You shall eat it as a barley-cake, baking it in their sight on human dung.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Eat the food as you would a barley cake. While everyone can see you, build a fire with dried human excrement, then bake the bread on the coals.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Each day take flour from the barrel and prepare it as you would barley cakes. While all the people are watching, bake it over a fire, using dried human dung as fuel, and eat it.

English Tyndale 1537

Barley cakes shalt thou eat, yet shalt thou first strike them over with man's dung, that they may see it.

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