Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;
WEB
“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
YLT
`Son of man, thy bread in haste thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink;
DBT
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)