Ezekiel 5:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“And you, O mortal, take a sharp sword; use it as a barber’s razor and run it over your head and your beard; then take balances for weighing, and divide the hair.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

AND YOU, son of man [Ezekiel], take a sharp sword and use it as a barber's razor and shave your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair into three parts.

American Standard Version (1901)

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; as a barber’s razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Common English Bible

You, human one, take a sharp sword. Use it like a razor and shave your head and beard. Then use scales to divide the hair.

Catholic Public Domain Version

"And as for you, son of man, obtain for yourself a sharp knife for shaving hair, and you shall take it and draw it across your head and across your beard. And you shall obtain for yourself a balance for weighing, and you shall divide the hair.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife that shaveth the hair: and cause it to pass over thy head and over thy beard: and take thee a balance to weigh in. And divide the hair.

Ezekiel 5:1 Cross References

Isaiah 7:20

On that day the Lord will shave with a razor hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will take off the beard as well.

Jeremiah 19:1

Thus said the Lord: Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jug. Take with you some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests,

Ezekiel 4:1

“And you, O mortal, take a brick and set it before you. On it portray a city, Jerusalem,

Ezekiel 44:20

They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads.

Daniel 5:27

tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;

Leviticus 21:5

They shall not make bald spots upon their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or make any gashes in their flesh.