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Young's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 4:11

`And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink [it].

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Measure;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Water;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Measures;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Drink;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beyond the River;   Ezekiel;   Gestures;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Weights and Measures;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Bread;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Measure;   Water;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You will also drink a ration of water, a sixth of a gallon, which you will drink at set times.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shall you drink.
King James Version
Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
English Standard Version
And water you shall drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from day to day you shall drink.
New American Standard Bible
"The water you drink shall be a sixth of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time.
New Century Version
You will drink about two-thirds of a quart of water every day at set times.
Amplified Bible
"You shall drink water by measure also, the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink daily at a set time.
World English Bible
You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shall you drink.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt drinke also water by measure, euen the sixt part of an Hin: from time to time shalt thou drinke.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The water you drink shall be the sixth part of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time.
Legacy Standard Bible
The water you drink shall be the sixth part of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time.
Berean Standard Bible
You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.
Contemporary English Version
and drink only two large cups of water.
Complete Jewish Bible
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].
Darby Translation
And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
Easy-to-Read Version
You can drink only 3 cups of water each day. You can drink it from time to time throughout the day.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall drink water by measure, a sixth part of a hin; from time to time shall you drink.
Good News Translation
You will also have a limited amount of water to drink, two cups a day.
Lexham English Bible
And an amount of water you shall drink, a sixth of a hin; at fixed times you shall drink it.
Literal Translation
And you shall drink water by measure: the sixth part of a hin. From time to time you shall drink.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thon shalt dryncke also a certayne measure off water: Namely, the sixte parte of an Hin shalt thou drynke daylie from the begynnynge to the ende.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
Bible in Basic English
And you are to take water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: you are to take it at regular times.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from time to time shalt thou drink.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt drinke also water by measure, the sixt part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drinke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt drinke also a certaine measure of water [namely] the sixt [part] of an Hin from tyme to tyme shalt thou drinke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt drink water by measure, even from time to time thou shalt drink the sixth part of a hin.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt drynke watir in mesure, the sixte part of hyn; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt drynke it.
Update Bible Version
And you shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time you shall drink.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
New English Translation
And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; you must drink it at fixed times.
New King James Version
You shall also drink water by measure, one-sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink.
New Living Translation
Then measure out a jar of water for each day, and drink it at set times.
New Life Bible
And the water you drink each day will be enough to fill a bottle. You will drink it from time to time.
New Revised Standard
And you shall drink water by measure, one-sixth of a hin; at fixed times you shall drink.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and water by measure, shalt thou drink the sixth part of a hin,-from time to time shalt thou drink;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time thou shalt drink it,
Revised Standard Version
And water you shall drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin; once a day you shall drink.

Contextual Overview

9 `And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side -- three hundred and ninety days -- thou dost eat it. 10 And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it. 11 `And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink [it]. 12 A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung -- the filth of man -- thou dost bake before their eyes. 13 And Jehovah saith, `Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.' 14 And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, my soul is not defiled, and carcase, and torn thing, I have not eaten from my youth, even till now; nor come into my mouth hath abominable flesh.' 15 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.' 16 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink; 17 so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shalt drink: Ezekiel 4:16, Isaiah 5:13, John 3:34

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:40 - hin Leviticus 23:13 - the fourth

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed [art] thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life;
Genesis 4:14
lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'
Genesis 4:15
And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;
Genesis 4:21
and the name of his brother [is] Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ.
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.
Job 16:18
O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.
Isaiah 26:21
For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shall drink also water by measure,.... Not wine, but water; and this not as much as he would, but a certain measure; which shows great want of it, and expresses a very distressed condition see Lamentations 5:4;

the sixth part of an hin; a hin held twelve logs, or seventy two egg shells, or about three quarts of our measure; and the sixth part of one were two logs, or twelve egg shells, and about a pint of our measure; so that it was but a pint of water a day that the prophet was allowed, as a token of the great scarcity of it in the siege of Jerusalem:

from time to time shalt thou drink: as before.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Water by measure - This probably corresponds to the water of affliction 1 Kings 22:27; Isaiah 30:20. The measure of the hin is variously estimated by Jewish writers. The sixth part of a hin will be according to one estimate about 610ths, according to another 910ths of a pint. The lesser estimate is more suitable here.


 
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