And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.
Ezekiel 26:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he shall set his battering engines in shock against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. American Standard Version (1901) And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. Common English Bible He will pound his battering ram against your walls; with crowbars he will tear down your towers. Catholic Public Domain Version And he will combine moveable shelters and battering rams before your walls, and he will destroy your towers with his armaments. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he shall set engines of mar and battering rams against thy walls and shall destroy thy towers with his arms. |
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.
In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounts, to build forts.
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mount against thee, and raise up the buckler against thee.