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

¹ “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

¹ 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

¹ 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)

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ "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

¹ 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.