Ezekiel 4:17

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

American King James Version (AKJV)

That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

American Standard Version (ASV)

that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

Webster's Revision

That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

World English Bible

that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

English Revised Version (ERV)

that they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

Definitions for Ezekiel 4:17

Astonied - To be taken by surprise.
Iniquity - Sin; wickedness; evil.

Wesley's Ezekiel 4:17 Bible Commentary

4:17 May want - So because they served not God with chearfulness in the abundance of all things, He made them serve their enemies in the want of all things.