Ezekiel 4:8
New International Version
I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.

New Living Translation
I will tie you up with ropes so you won’t be able to turn from side to side until the days of your siege have been completed.

English Standard Version
And behold, I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege.

Berean Standard Bible
Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

King James Bible
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

New King James Version
And surely I will restrain you so that you cannot turn from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.

New American Standard Bible
Now behold, I will put ropes around you so that you cannot turn from your one side to your other until you have completed the days of your siege.

NASB 1995
“Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

NASB 1977
“Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, until you have completed the days of your siege.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now behold, I will set ropes upon you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

Amplified Bible
Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

Christian Standard Bible
Be aware that I will put cords on you so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Be aware that I will put cords on you so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.”

American Standard Version
And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Behold, I cast chains upon you and you shall not turn from your side to your other side, until the days of your siege will be fulfilled

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, land thou mayest not turn from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be accomplished.

Contemporary English Version
I will tie you up, so you can't leave until your attack has ended.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I have encompassed thee with bands: and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

English Revised Version
And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will tie you up with ropes so that you will not be able to turn from one side to the other until you have finished attacking [Jerusalem].

Good News Translation
I will tie you up so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until the siege is over.

International Standard Version
Look! I'll tie you up so that you're unable to turn from one side to the other until you've completed your siege."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.

Literal Standard Version
And behold, I have put thick bands on you, and you do not turn from side to side until your completing the days of your siege.

Majority Standard Bible
Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

New American Bible
See, I bind you with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

NET Bible
Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege.

New Revised Standard Version
See, I am putting cords on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

New Heart English Bible
Look, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

World English Bible
Behold, I put ropes on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, I have put on thee thick bands, and thou dost not turn from side to side till thy completing the days of thy siege.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
A Sign of Jerusalem's Siege
7You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it. 8Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

Cross References
Ezekiel 3:25
And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

Ezekiel 4:9
But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.


Treasury of Scripture

And, behold, I will lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to another, till you have ended the days of your siege.

I will

Ezekiel 3:25
But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:

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Ezekiel 4
1. Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity
9. By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine














(8) I will lay bands upon thee.--See on Ezekiel 3:25. This is a fresh feature of the unrelenting character of the judgment foretold: God's power should interpose to keep the prophet to his work. Not only pity, but even human weakness and weariness, should be excluded from interfering. The prophet is spoken of as besieging the city, because he is doing so in figure.

Verse 8. - I will lay bands upon thee, etc. The words point to the supernatural constraint which would support the prophet in a position as trying as that of an Indian yogi or a Stylite monk. He would himself be powerless to move (exceptis excipiendis, as before) from the prescribed position. There is, perhaps, a reference to Ezekiel 3:25. The people would have "put bands" upon the prophet to hinder his work; Jehovah will "put bands" upon him to help, nay, to constrain, him to finish it.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Now behold,
וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

I will tie you up
נָתַ֥תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

with ropes
עֲבוֹתִ֑ים (‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯîm)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 5688: Something intwined, a string, wreath, foliage

so you cannot
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

turn
תֵהָפֵ֤ךְ (ṯê·hā·p̄êḵ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

from side
מִֽצִּדְּךָ֙ (miṣ·ṣid·də·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

side
צִדֶּ֔ךָ (ṣid·de·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

you have finished
כַּלּוֹתְךָ֖ (kal·lō·wṯ·ḵā)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

the days
יְמֵ֥י (yə·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of your siege.
מְצוּרֶֽךָ׃ (mə·ṣū·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness


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