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Ezekiel 12:18
"Son of man, shake in fear as you eat your bread and drink your water.
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with anxious shaking.
“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with anxious shaking.
Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
King James Version
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
English Standard Version
"Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety.
"Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety.
New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
New Century Version
"Human, tremble as you eat your food, and shake with fear as you drink your water.
"Human, tremble as you eat your food, and shake with fear as you drink your water.
Amplified Bible
"Son of man, eat your bread with anxiety, and drink your water with trembling and with fear.
"Son of man, eat your bread with anxiety, and drink your water with trembling and with fear.
World English Bible
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, eate thy bread with trembling and drinke thy water with trouble, & with carefulnesse,
Sonne of man, eate thy bread with trembling and drinke thy water with trouble, & with carefulnesse,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, you shall eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
"Son of man, you shall eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, shake with fear when you eat, and tremble when you drink.
Ezekiel, son of man, shake with fear when you eat, and tremble when you drink.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being, shake as you eat your food; tremble anxiously as you drink your water;
"Human being, shake as you eat your food; tremble anxiously as you drink your water;
Darby Translation
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;
Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, you must act as if you are very frightened. You must shake when you eat your food. You must act worried and afraid when you drink your water.
"Son of man, you must act as if you are very frightened. You must shake when you eat your food. You must act worried and afraid when you drink your water.
George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fear of scarcity;
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fear of scarcity;
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "tremble when you eat, and shake with fear when you drink.
"Mortal man," he said, "tremble when you eat, and shake with fear when you drink.
Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, you must eat your food with trembling, and your water with shuddering, and with anxiety you must drink.
"Son of man, you must eat your food with trembling, and your water with shuddering, and with anxiety you must drink.
Literal Translation
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with anxiety.
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with anxiety.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou sonne of man: with a fearfull treblinge shalt thou eate thy bred, with carefulnesse & sorowe shalt thou drynke thy water.
Thou sonne of man: with a fearfull treblinge shalt thou eate thy bred, with carefulnesse & sorowe shalt thou drynke thy water.
American Standard Version
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, take your food with shaking fear, and your water with trouble and care;
Son of man, take your food with shaking fear, and your water with trouble and care;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;
'Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;
King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, eate thy bread with quaking, and drinke thy water with trembling and with carefulnesse,
Sonne of man, eate thy bread with quaking, and drinke thy water with trembling and with carefulnesse,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, with a fearfull tremblyng shalt thou eate thy bread, with vnquietnesse & sorowe shalt thou drynke thy water.
Thou sonne of man, with a fearfull tremblyng shalt thou eate thy bread, with vnquietnesse & sorowe shalt thou drynke thy water.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, eat thy bread with sorrow, and drink thy water with torment and affliction.
Son of man, eat thy bread with sorrow, and drink thy water with torment and affliction.
English Revised Version
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, ete thi breed in disturblyng, but also drynke thi water in haaste and mourening.
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, ete thi breed in disturblyng, but also drynke thi water in haaste and mourening.
Update Bible Version
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with solicitude.
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with solicitude.
New English Translation
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking.
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking.
New King James Version
"Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and anxiety.
"Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and anxiety.
New Living Translation
"Son of man, tremble as you eat your food. Shake with fear as you drink your water.
"Son of man, tremble as you eat your food. Shake with fear as you drink your water.
New Revised Standard
Mortal, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
Mortal, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man, Thy bread, with trembling, shalt thou eat, - And thy water, in agitation and in fear, shalt thou drink.
Son of man, Thy bread, with trembling, shalt thou eat, - And thy water, in agitation and in fear, shalt thou drink.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, eat thy bread in trouble and drink thy water in hurry and sorrow.
Son of man, eat thy bread in trouble and drink thy water in hurry and sorrow.
Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with fearfulness;
"Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with fearfulness;
Young's Literal Translation
`Son of man, thy bread in haste thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink;
`Son of man, thy bread in haste thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink;
Contextual Overview
17 The Word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 "Son of man, shake in fear as you eat your bread and drink your water. 19 Then tell the people of the land, ‘This is what the Lord God says about the people of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: "They will be afraid as they eat their bread, and drink their water in fear. For their land will lay waste because of the fighting of all who live in it. 20 The cities where people live will be laid waste, and the land will be destroyed. Then you will know that I am the Lord."'"
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 4:17, Ezekiel 23:33, Leviticus 26:26, Leviticus 26:36, Deuteronomy 28:48, Deuteronomy 28:65, Job 3:24, Psalms 60:2, Psalms 60:3, Psalms 80:5, Psalms 102:4-9
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:12 - that we may eat it Job 6:7 - as my sorrowful meat Job 21:25 - never Lamentations 5:9 - General Daniel 10:7 - but
Cross-References
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The snake fooled me, and I ate."
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The snake fooled me, and I ate."
Genesis 4:10
The Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground.
The Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground.
Genesis 12:9
Then Abram traveled on, still going toward the Negev.
Then Abram traveled on, still going toward the Negev.
Genesis 12:10
Now there was no food in the land. So Abram went south to Egypt to stay there, because it was very hard to live in the land with no food.
Now there was no food in the land. So Abram went south to Egypt to stay there, because it was very hard to live in the land with no food.
Genesis 12:11
When he was about to go into Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, "I know that you are a beautiful woman.
When he was about to go into Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, "I know that you are a beautiful woman.
Genesis 31:26
Laban said to Jacob, "What do you mean by fooling me and carrying away my daughters as if they were taken by the sword?
Laban said to Jacob, "What do you mean by fooling me and carrying away my daughters as if they were taken by the sword?
Genesis 44:15
Joseph said to them, "What is this that you have done? Did you not know that a man like me has power to know what is not known by others?"
Joseph said to them, "What is this that you have done? Did you not know that a man like me has power to know what is not known by others?"
Exodus 32:21
Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you to make you bring such great sin upon them?"
Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you to make you bring such great sin upon them?"
Joshua 7:19
Joshua said to Achan, "My son, I beg you, give honor and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel. Tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me."
Joshua said to Achan, "My son, I beg you, give honor and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel. Tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me."
1 Samuel 14:43
Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told him, "I tasted a little honey with the end of the stick that was in my hand. Here I am. I must die."
Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told him, "I tasted a little honey with the end of the stick that was in my hand. Here I am. I must die."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking,.... As one in surprise or fear, or that has got an ague upon him:
and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; fearing want of it, or as apprehensive of danger of its being taken away; see Ezekiel 4:16.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Here the sign is the exhibition of such terror as the danger of a siege creates.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 12:18. Eat thy bread with quaking — Assume the manner of a person who is every moment afraid of his life, who has nothing but a morsel of bread to eat, and a little water to drink. Thus signifying the siege, and the straits to which they should be reduced. See this explained, Ezekiel 12:19.
