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Complete Jewish Bible
Ezekiel 4:10
Each day the food you eat must weigh only three-quarters of a pound; you may eat it from time to time [during the day].
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Christian Standard Bible®
The food you eat each day will weigh eight ounces; you will eat it at set times.
The food you eat each day will weigh eight ounces; you will eat it at set times.
Hebrew Names Version
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
King James Version
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
English Standard Version
And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.
And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.
New American Standard Bible
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
New Century Version
You will eat eight ounces of food every day at set times.
You will eat eight ounces of food every day at set times.
Amplified Bible
"The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time.
"The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time.
World English Bible
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the meate, whereof thou shalt eate, shalbe by weight, euen twenty shekels a day: and from time to time shalt thou eate thereof.
And the meate, whereof thou shalt eate, shalbe by weight, euen twenty shekels a day: and from time to time shalt thou eate thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
Legacy Standard Bible
And your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
And your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
Contemporary English Version
Eat only a small loaf of bread each day
Eat only a small loaf of bread each day
Darby Translation
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Easy-to-Read Version
You will be allowed to use only 1 cup of that flour each day to make bread. You will eat that bread from time to time throughout the day.
You will be allowed to use only 1 cup of that flour each day to make bread. You will eat that bread from time to time throughout the day.
George Lamsa Translation
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
Good News Translation
You will be allowed eight ounces of bread a day, and it will have to last until the next day.
You will be allowed eight ounces of bread a day, and it will have to last until the next day.
Lexham English Bible
And your food that you will eat will be according to weight; twenty shekels for each day at fixed times you shall eat it.
And your food that you will eat will be according to weight; twenty shekels for each day at fixed times you shall eat it.
Literal Translation
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight: twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight: twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the meate that thou eatest, shall haue a certayne waight apoynted: Namely, twentie sycles euery daye. This apoynted meate shalt thou eate daylie, from the beginnynge to the ende.
And the meate that thou eatest, shall haue a certayne waight apoynted: Namely, twentie sycles euery daye. This apoynted meate shalt thou eate daylie, from the beginnynge to the ende.
American Standard Version
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Bible in Basic English
And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.
And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.
King James Version (1611)
And thy meate which thou shalt eat, shalbe by weight twentie shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meate which thou shalt eat, shalbe by weight twentie shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thy meate that thou eatest shall haue a certaine wayght appointed, [namely] twentie sicles euery day: & from time to time shalt thou eate therof.
And thy meate that thou eatest shall haue a certaine wayght appointed, [namely] twentie sicles euery day: & from time to time shalt thou eate therof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.
And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.
English Revised Version
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe thi mete, which thou schalt ete, schal be in weiyte twenti staters in a dai; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt ete it.
Forsothe thi mete, which thou schalt ete, schal be in weiyte twenti staters in a dai; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt ete it.
Update Bible Version
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thy food which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy food which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
New English Translation
The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.
The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.
New King James Version
And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
New Living Translation
Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times.
Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times.
New Life Bible
The food you eat each day will weigh as much as twenty pieces of silver, and will have to last until the next day.
The food you eat each day will weigh as much as twenty pieces of silver, and will have to last until the next day.
New Revised Standard
The food that you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; at fixed times you shall eat it.
The food that you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; at fixed times you shall eat it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight twenty shekels a day, - from time to time, shalt thou eat it;
and thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight twenty shekels a day, - from time to time, shalt thou eat it;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it.
And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it.
Revised Standard Version
And the food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; once a day you shall eat it.
And the food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; once a day you shall eat it.
Young's Literal Translation
And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
Contextual Overview
9 "Take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and buckwheat; put them together in one bowl; and make bread from it. For as long as you lie on your side, 390 days, this is what you are to eat. 10 Each day the food you eat must weigh only three-quarters of a pound; you may eat it from time to time [during the day]. 11 You are also to drink a limited amount of water, two-thirds of a quart; you may drink it from time to time [during the day]. 12 [The bread] you eat is to be baked like barley cakes; you are to bake it before their eyes, using human dung as fuel." 13 Adonai said, "This is how the people of Isra'el will eat their food — unclean — in the nations where I am driving them." 14 I objected: "No, Adonai Elohim ! I have never defiled myself — from my youth until now I have never eaten anything that died by itself or was killed by wild animals; no such disgusting food has ever entered my mouth." 15 He answered, "All right, I will give you cow dung to use instead of human dung, and you can prepare your bread on it." 16 He then said to me, "Human being, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Yerushalayim, so that they will anxiously weigh out bread to eat, and, horrified, ration water to drink. 17 Finally, due to lack of bread and water, they will stare at each other in shock, wasting away because of their guilt."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 14:13, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 28:51-68, Isaiah 3:1
Reciprocal: Revelation 6:5 - had
Cross-References
Genesis 3:13
Adonai , God, said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me, so I ate."
Adonai , God, said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me, so I ate."
Genesis 4:9
Adonai said to Kayin, "Where is Hevel your brother?" And he replied, "I don't know; am I my brother's guardian?"
Adonai said to Kayin, "Where is Hevel your brother?" And he replied, "I don't know; am I my brother's guardian?"
Genesis 4:10
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Genesis 9:5
I will certainly demand an accounting for the blood of your lives: I will demand it from every animal and from every human being. I will demand from every human being an accounting for the life of his fellow human being.
I will certainly demand an accounting for the blood of your lives: I will demand it from every animal and from every human being. I will demand from every human being an accounting for the life of his fellow human being.
Genesis 18:20
Adonai said, "The outcry against S'dom and ‘Amora is so great and their sin so serious
Adonai said, "The outcry against S'dom and ‘Amora is so great and their sin so serious
Exodus 3:7
Adonai said, "I have seen how my people are being oppressed in Egypt and heard their cry for release from their slavemasters, because I know their pain.
Adonai said, "I have seen how my people are being oppressed in Egypt and heard their cry for release from their slavemasters, because I know their pain.
Numbers 35:33
In this way you will not defile the land in which you are living. For blood defiles the land, and in this land no atonement can be made for the blood shed in it except the blood of him who shed it.
In this way you will not defile the land in which you are living. For blood defiles the land, and in this land no atonement can be made for the blood shed in it except the blood of him who shed it.
Joshua 7:19
Y'hoshua said to ‘Akhan, "My son, swear to Adonai , the God of Isra'el, that you will tell the truth and confess to him. Tell me, now, what did you do? Don't hide anything from me."
Y'hoshua said to ‘Akhan, "My son, swear to Adonai , the God of Isra'el, that you will tell the truth and confess to him. Tell me, now, what did you do? Don't hide anything from me."
2 Kings 9:26
‘ Adonai says: "Yesterday I saw the blood of Navot and the blood of his sons." Adonai also says: "I will pay you back in this field."' Therefore, pick him up; and throw him into the field, in keeping with what Adonai said."
‘ Adonai says: "Yesterday I saw the blood of Navot and the blood of his sons." Adonai also says: "I will pay you back in this field."' Therefore, pick him up; and throw him into the field, in keeping with what Adonai said."
Job 16:18
"Earth, don't cover my blood; don't let my cry rest [without being answered].
"Earth, don't cover my blood; don't let my cry rest [without being answered].
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thy meat which thou shall eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day,.... To eat bread by weight was a sign of a grievous famine; see Leviticus 26:26; a shekel, according to Josephus i, weighed four Attic drachms, or half an ounce, wherefore twenty shekels weighed ten ounces; so that the bread the prophet had to eat was but ten ounces a day:
from time to time shall thou eat it; at the certain time of eating, or but once a day; from a set time in one day to the same in another; as from morning to morning, or from noon to noon, or from evening to evening; see Jeremiah 37:21.
i Antiqu. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
meat - A general term for food, which in this case consists of grain. Instead of measuring, it was necessary in extreme scarcity to weigh it Leviticus 26:26; Revelation 6:6.
Twenty shekels a day - The shekel contained about 220 grains, so that 20 shekels would be about 56 of a pound.
From time to time - Thou shalt receive and eat it at the appointed interval of a day.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 4:10. Twenty shekels a day — The whole of the above grain, being ground, was to be formed into one mass, out of which he was to make three hundred and ninety loaves; one loaf for each day; and this loaf was to be of twenty shekels in weight. Now a shekel, being in weight about half an ounce, this would be ten ounces of bread for each day; and with this water to the amount of one sixth part of a hin, which is about a pint and a half of our measure. All this shows that so reduced should provisions be during the siege, that they should be obliged to eat the meanest sort of aliment, and that by weight, and their water by measure; each man's allowance being scarcely a pint and a half, and ten ounces, a little more than half a pound of bread, for each day's support.
