Ézéchiel 2:6

Louis Segond

Et toi, fils de l'homme, ne les crains pas et ne crains pas leurs discours, quoique tu aies auprès de toi des ronces et des épines, et que tu habites avec des scorpions; ne crains pas leurs discours et ne t'effraie pas de leurs visages, quoiqu'ils soient une famille de rebelles.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Mais toi, fils d'homme, ne les crains point, et ne crains point leurs paroles; quoique des gens rev�ches et [dont les langues sont per�antes] comme des �pines soient avec toi, et que tu demeures parmi des scorpions; ne crains point leurs paroles, et ne t'effraie point � cause d'eux, quoiqu'ils soient une maison rebelle.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Mais toi, fils de l'homme, ne les crains point et ne crains point leurs paroles; bien que tu sois au milieu des �pines et des ronces, et que tu demeures parmi des scorpions, ne crains point leurs paroles, et ne t'effraie pas de leur visage, quoiqu'ils soient une maison rebelle.

Darby's French Translation
Et toi, fils d'homme, ne les crains pas, et ne crains pas leurs paroles; car tu as pr�s de toi des ronces et des �pines, et tu demeures parmi des scorpions: ne crains point leurs paroles et ne sois point effray� de leurs visages, car ils sont une maison rebelle.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

be not: Ezekiel 3:8, Ezekiel 3:9, 2 Kings 1:15, Isaiah 51:12, Jeremiah 1:8, Jeremiah 1:17, Micah 3:8, Matthew 10:28, Luke 12:4, Acts 4:13, Acts 4:19, Acts 4:29, Ephesians 6:19, Philippians 1:28, 2 Timothy 1:7

briers: or, rebels, 2 Samuel 23:6, 2 Samuel 23:7, Isaiah 9:18, Jeremiah 6:28, Micah 7:4

scorpions: Luke 10:19, Revelation 9:3-6

though they: Ezekiel 3:9, Ezekiel 3:26, Ezekiel 3:27, Proverbs 30:13, Proverbs 30:14, Isaiah 51:7, Jeremiah 18:18, Amos 7:10-17, Hebrews 11:27, 1 Peter 3:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:1 - and told Exodus 6:29 - speak Exodus 8:1 - Go Exodus 17:5 - Go on 1 Kings 12:11 - scorpions Nehemiah 6:13 - that I should Psalms 120:6 - soul Proverbs 7:13 - with an impudent face said Isaiah 6:5 - I dwell Isaiah 8:11 - instructed Jeremiah 15:10 - a man Jeremiah 36:14 - took Ezekiel 2:1 - Son Ezekiel 12:2 - thou Ezekiel 16:5 - eye Ezekiel 24:3 - the rebellious Habakkuk 1:3 - General Matthew 10:26 - Fear Mark 12:14 - carest Luke 11:12 - a scorpion John 14:27 - afraid Acts 4:11 - you Acts 18:9 - Be

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them,.... Of any of them, the greatest among them, their princes and nobles; who, by their grandeur and authority, their stern looks, and big words, might awe and terrify him; wherefore it follows:

neither be afraid of their words; of their calumnies, revilings, and reproaches, their scoffs and jeers, their menaces and threatenings:

though briers and thorns [be] with thee; that is, men comparable to such; wicked men are like to briers and thorns, 2 Samuel 23:6; are grieving, pricking, and distressing to good men, and are of no worth and value; are useless and unprofitable, and fit fuel for everlasting burning. The Targum is,

"for they are rebellious, and hard against thee;''

so Jarchi and Kimchi explain the first word, סרבים, translated "briers", as signifying rebellious and disobedient; though the former observes, that R. Donesh interprets it of a kind of thorns, of which there are twenty names, and this is one:

and thou dost dwell among scorpions; that is, as the Targum paraphrases it,

"thou dwellest in the midst of a people whose works are like to scorpions.''

Some interpret it, as Kimchi observes, of sharp thorns, of a thorny plant that grows in the form of a scorpion a; but scorpions here are a kind of serpents, subtle, venomous, and mischievous, which have stings in their tails; which, as Pliny says, they are continually thrusting out, and striking with, that they may lose no opportunity of doing hurt b; and fitly describe wicked men their subtlety and mischievous nature,

be not afraid of their words; as before; with which they are like briers, thorns, and scorpions, being very grievous, defamatory, and mischievous:

nor be dismayed at their looks: their frowning furious, and angry countenances; forbidding with which, as well as with their words, the prophet from prophesying unto them:

though, or "for",

they [be] a rebellious house; 2 Samuel 23:6- :.

a Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 21. c. 15. and l. 22. c. 16. b Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 11. c. 25.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 2:6. Be not afraid of them — They will maltreat thee for thy message; but let not the apprehension of this induce thee to suppress it. Though they be rebels, fear them not; I will sustain and preserve thee.