Ezekiel 5:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

New Living Translation
“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is an illustration of what will happen to Jerusalem. I placed her at the center of the nations,

English Standard Version
“Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

Berean Study Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

New American Standard Bible
“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have placed her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.

NASB 1995
"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.

NASB 1977
“Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.

Amplified Bible
“Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, and countries are around her.

Christian Standard Bible
“This is what the Lord GOD says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

Contemporary English Version
I am the LORD God, and I have made Jerusalem the most important place in the world, and all other nations admire it.

Good News Translation
The Sovereign LORD said, "Look at Jerusalem. I put her at the center of the world, with other countries all around her.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"This is what the Almighty LORD says: This is Jerusalem! I have placed it in the center of the nations with countries all around it.

International Standard Version
"This is what the Lord GOD says, 'This is Jerusalem. I placed her in the center of nations, with many nations surrounding her.

NET Bible
"This is what the sovereign LORD says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

New King James Version
“Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations and the countries all around her.

King James 2000 Bible
Thus says the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

New Heart English Bible
"Thus says the Lord GOD: 'This is Jerusalem; I have placed her at the center of the nations, and countries are around her.

World English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her.

American King James Version
Thus said the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the middle of the nations and countries that are round about her.

American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.

A Faithful Version
Thus says the Lord GOD, 'This is Jerusalem. I have set it in the midst of the nations.

Darby Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries are round about her.

English Revised Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are around her.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Thus saith the Lorde God, This is Ierusalem: I haue set it in the middes of the nations and countreyes, that are rounde about her.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Moreouer, thus saith the Lorde God: This same is Hierusalem, which I set in the middest of nations, and countreis rounde about her.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Morouer, thus sayde the LORDE God: This same is Ierusalem. I set her in the middest of the Heithen and nacions, that are rounde aboute her,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Thus said Lord YHWH: “This [is] Jerusalem, "" I have set her in the midst of the nations, "" And the lands [are] around her.

Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her are the lands.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem; I set her in the midst of the nations and lands round about her.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord God: This is Jerusalem, I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries round about her.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Thus says the Lord God: “This is Jerusalem. I have placed her in the midst of the Gentiles and of the lands all around her.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: “This is Jerusalem. I have set her among the nations and all the cities around her

Lamsa Bible
Thus says the LORD God: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, with all the cities round about her.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thus saith the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem! I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thus saith the Lord; This is Jerusalem: I have set her and the countries round about her in the midst of the nations.
















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