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English Standard Version

Ezekiel 33:3

and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Opportunity;   Responsibility;   Trumpet;   Watchman;   Thompson Chain Reference - Instruments, Chosen;   Music;   Musical Instruments;   Trumpets;   The Topic Concordance - Warning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Trumpet;   Watchmen;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Towers;   Watchmen;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Watches;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Watchman;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Blow;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - War;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And suppose he sees the sword coming against the land and blows his trumpet to warn the people.
Hebrew Names Version
if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blow the shofar, and warn the people;
King James Version
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
New American Standard Bible
and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the horn and warns the people,
New Century Version
When he sees the enemy coming to attack the land, he will blow the trumpet and warn the people.
Amplified Bible
and he sees the sword coming on the land, and he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
World English Bible
if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Geneva Bible (1587)
If when hee seeth the sworde come vpon ye land, he blow the trumpet, & warne the people,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people,
Legacy Standard Bible
and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people,
Berean Standard Bible
and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows his trumpet to warn the people.
Contemporary English Version
and to sound a warning signal when the enemy is seen coming.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now if, upon seeing the sword coming against that country, he blows the shofar and warns the people;
Darby Translation
if he see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Easy-to-Read Version
If this guard sees enemy soldiers coming, he blows the trumpet and warns the people.
George Lamsa Translation
And when he sees the sword coming upon them, he shall blow the trumpet and warn the people;
Good News Translation
When he sees the enemy approaching, he sounds the alarm to warn everyone.
Lexham English Bible
and he sees the sword coming against the land, and he blows on the horn and he warns the people,
Literal Translation
and when he sees the sword coming on the land, and he blows the ram's horn and warns the people,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
ye same man (wha he seyth the swearde come vpon the londe) shall blowe the trompet, and warne the people.
American Standard Version
if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Bible in Basic English
If, when he sees the sword coming on the land, by sounding the horn he gives the people news of their danger;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the horn, and warn the people;
King James Version (1611)
If when he seeth the sword come vpon the land, hee blow the trumpet, and warne the people,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If when he seeth the sworde come vpon the lande, he shall blow the trumpet and warne the people:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and sound an alarm to the people;
English Revised Version
if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seeth a swerd comynge on the lond, and sowneth with a clarioun, and tellith to the puple,
Update Bible Version
if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people;
Webster's Bible Translation
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he shall blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
New English Translation
He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, and warns the people,
New King James Version
when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
New Living Translation
When the watchman sees the enemy coming, he sounds the alarm to warn the people.
New Life Bible
and he sees the sword coming upon the land and sounds the horn to tell the people of the danger,
New Revised Standard
and if the sentinel sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he shall see the sword coming upon the land, - and shall blow with the born and warn the people
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he sees the sword coming upon the land, and sound the trumpet, and tell the people:
Revised Standard Version
and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people;
Young's Literal Translation
And he hath seen the sword coming against the land, And hath blown with a trumpet, and hath warned the people,

Contextual Overview

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 "Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman, 3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand. 7 "So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he blow: Ezekiel 33:8, Ezekiel 33:9, Nehemiah 4:18, Nehemiah 4:20, Isaiah 58:1, Jeremiah 4:5, Jeremiah 6:1, Jeremiah 51:27, Hosea 8:1, Joel 2:1, Amos 3:1-15, Amos 6:1-14, 1Cor. 14, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Reciprocal: Numbers 10:9 - then ye shall Nehemiah 9:26 - cast thy law Psalms 19:11 - Moreover Jeremiah 6:10 - give Amos 3:6 - a trumpet Matthew 3:7 - who Matthew 25:3 - foolish 1 Corinthians 15:52 - last 1 Thessalonians 5:14 - warn

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth
Genesis 33:11
Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." Thus he urged him, and he took it.
Genesis 33:12
Then Esau said, "Let us journey on our way, and I will go ahead of you."
Genesis 42:6
Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground.
1 Samuel 2:5
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.
Proverbs 6:3
then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
John 10:4
When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If what he seeth the sword come upon the land,.... Or those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; as soon as he observes a body of armed men, more or less, marching towards the borders of the land with a manifest intention to enter and invade it:

he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; warn the people by blowing the trumpet, the signal agreed on; by which they would understand that an enemy was at hand, or danger near; or warn them by word of mouth, as well as by the trumpet, where he could do it, and when it was necessary.


 
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