Ezekiel 4:2 — Compare Translations

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

and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.

English ASV

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 round about.

English Amplified

And put siege works against it, build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it and set battering rams against it round about.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And put siege works against it, build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it and set battering rams against it round about.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering-rams against it round about.

English EASY 2024

Show that soldiers are ready to attack the city. Build heaps of earth around it so that nobody can escape. Put heavy pieces of wood around the city that the enemy could use to break its walls.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

And then pretend you are an army surrounding the city. Build a dirt wall around the city to help you attack it. Build a dirt road leading up to the city wall. Bring battering rams and set up army camps around the city.

And put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Then, to represent a siege, put trenches, earthworks, camps, and battering rams all around it.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Set up a blockade against it, build attack walls around it, put up dirt ramps around it, have troops ready to attack it, and place battering rams all around it.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then lay siege against it: construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides.

English KJV 1611

And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

English LSB

Then set a siege against it, build a siege wall against it, raise up a ramp against it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams against it all around.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and build a mound against it; set camps and place battering rams against it all around.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise up a ramp, pitch camps and place battering rams against it all around.

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

Raise a siege against it: build a tower, lay out a ramp, pitch camps, and set up batteringrams all around.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp against it! Post soldiers outside it and station battering rams around it.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then pretend to surround it and attack it. Make some little models of war machines. Build a ramp up to it. Set camps up around it. Surround it with models of logs to be used for knocking down its gates.

English NIV

Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.

English NKJ 1982

Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around.

English NLT

Build siege ramps against the city walls. Surround it with enemy camps and battering rams.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a ramp against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Build a wall around it and, to represent a siege, pile up a dirt ramp against the wall. Then prepare to attack it as if it were a real city. Surround it with armed soldiers and station battering rams on all sides.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Draw a picture of siege mounds being built against the city, put enemy camps around it and battering rams surrounding the walls.

English Tyndale 1537

how it is besieged, how bulwarks and strong ditches are graven on every side of it: describe also the tents, and an host of men round about it.