Ezekiel 24:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Mortal, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes, yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Son of man [Ezekiel], behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes [your wife] at a single stroke. Yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears flow.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Human one, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you in a single stroke. Don’t mourn or weep. Don’t even let your tears well up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ "Son of man, behold, I am taking away from you, with a stroke, the desire of your eyes. And you shall not lament, and you shall not weep. And your tears shall not flow down.

Ezekiel 24:16 Cross References

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for him who is dead, nor bemoan him; weep rather for him who goes away, for he shall return no more to see his native land.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

Ezekiel 24:18

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.

Song of Solomon 7:10

I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.

Lamentations 2:18

Cry aloud to the Lord! O wall of daughter Zion! Let tears stream down like a torrent day and night! Give yourself no rest, your eyes no respite!

Jeremiah 16:5

For thus says the Lord: Do not enter the house of mourning or go to lament or bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, my steadfast love and mercy.

Jeremiah 9:18

let them quickly raise a dirge over us, so that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water.

Jeremiah 9:1

O that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Proverbs 5:19

a lovely deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you be intoxicated always by her love.

Job 36:18

Beware that wrath does not entice you into scoffing, and do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah: They shall not lament for him, saying, “Alas, my brother!” or “Alas, sister!” They shall not lament for him, saying, “Alas, lord!” or “Alas, his majesty!”

Job 23:2

“Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Ezekiel 24:15

The word of the Lord came to me:

Leviticus 21:4

But he shall not defile himself for those related to him by marriage and so profane himself.