Verse (Click for Chapter) GOD'S WORD® Translation It's sharpened to kill and polished to flash like lightning. How can we rejoice? My son has refused to be disciplined or punished. American Standard Version it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree. Berean Study Bible it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick. Douay-Rheims Bible It is sharpened to kill victims: it is furbished that it may glitter: thou removest the sceptre of my son, thou hast cut down every tree. English Revised Version it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree. King James Bible It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. World English Bible it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it condemns every tree. Young's Literal Translation So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree. Ezekiel 21:10 Additional Translations ... Links Ezekiel 21:10 NIVEzekiel 21:10 NLT Ezekiel 21:10 ESV Ezekiel 21:10 NASB Ezekiel 21:10 NKJV Ezekiel 21:10 KJV |