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Ezekiel 21:10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 10 It is sharpened to inflict a great slaughter; it is polished to flash like lightning.’”’”
  
  “Should we not rejoice?”
  
  “‘Will it* reject the scepter of my own son,+ as it does every tree?

Ezekiel 21:10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 10 For the purpose of organizing a slaughter it has been sharpened; for the purpose of its getting a glitter* it has been polished.’”’”+
  
  “Or shall we exult?”+
  
  “‘Is it rejecting the scepter+ of my own son,+ as [it does] every tree?+

Ezekiel 21:10

The Bible in Living English
- 10 ** it is sharpened so that it may slaughter a drove, it is polished so that it may flash, it bites my son’s scepter, it despises every tree.

Ezekiel 21:10

American Standard Version
- 10 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.

Ezekiel 21:10

The Emphasized Bible
- 10 To make a slaughter is it sharpened, That it may flash as lightning is it furbished. Or shall we flourish the royal rod of my son which despiseth every tree?

Ezekiel 21:10

King James Version
- 10 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.