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Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 12:18

`Son of man, thy bread in haste thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Pantomime;   Symbols and Similitudes;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Gestures;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Tin;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Care;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“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;
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
"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.
Amplified Bible
"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;
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
"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.
Contemporary English Version
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;
Darby Translation
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.
George Lamsa Translation
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.
Lexham English Bible
"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.
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.
American Standard Version
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;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'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,
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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;
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New King James Version
"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.
New Life Bible
"Son of man, shake in fear as you eat your bread and drink your water.
New Revised Standard
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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;

Contextual Overview

17 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 18 `Son of man, thy bread in haste thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink; 19 and thou hast said unto the people of the land, Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, concerning the land of Israel: Their bread with fear they do eat, and their water with astonishment drink, because its land is desolate, because of its fulness, because of the violence of all who are dwelling in it. 20 And the cities that are inhabited are laid waste, and the land is a desolation, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.'

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
And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What [is] this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.'
Genesis 4:10
And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
Genesis 12:9
And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.
Genesis 12:10
And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [is] grievous in the land;
Genesis 12:11
and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou [art] a woman of beautiful appearance;
Genesis 31:26
And Laban saith to Jacob, `What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?
Genesis 44:15
and Joseph saith to them, `What [is] this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'
Exodus 32:21
And Moses saith unto Aaron, `What hath this people done to thee, that thou hast brought in upon it a great sin?'
Joshua 7:19
And Joshua saith unto Achan, `My son, put, I pray thee, honour on Jehovah, God of Israel, and give to Him thanks, and declare, I pray thee, to me, what thou hast done -- hide not from me.'
1 Samuel 14:43
And Saul saith unto Jonathan, `Declare to me, what hast thou done?' and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, `I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that [is] in my hand a little honey; lo, I 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.


 
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