Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThen he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.
“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
And He saith unto me, `See, I have given to thee bullock's dung instead of man's dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.'
And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
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)