Ezekiel 24:5

World English Bible (WEB)

Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron. Make it boil well. Yes, let its bones be boiled within it.”

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3 Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.

4 Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece: the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice bones.

5 Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron. Make it boil well. Yes, let its bones be boiled within it.”

6 “‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the bloody city, to the cauldron whose rust is in it, and whose rust hasn’t gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece without casting lots for it.

7 “‘“For the blood she shed is in the middle of her. She set it on the bare rock. She didn’t pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.

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Ezekiel 24:5 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron. Make it boil well. Yes, let its bones be boiled within it.”
KJV King James Version: Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’
ASV American Standard Version: Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: The choice of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst.
DBY Darby Translation: take the choice of the flock; and also [put] a pile of wood under it, for the bones; make it boil well, and let the bones of it seethe therein.
WBS Webster Bible: Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them boil its bones in it.