Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. New Living Translation “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately. English Standard Version “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. Berean Standard Bible “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. King James Bible Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. New King James Version “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: New American Standard Bible “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. NASB 1995 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. NASB 1977 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. Legacy Standard Bible “Son of man, I have given you as a watchman to the house of Israel; so you will hear a word from My mouth, and you shall warn them from Me. Amplified Bible “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. Christian Standard Bible “Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, give them a warning from me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. American Standard Version Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Son of man, I have given you as a watchman to those of the house of Israel, that you will hear from my mouth the word and you will warn them from me Brenton Septuagint Translation I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel; and thou shalt hear a word of my mouth, and shalt threaten them from me. Contemporary English Version Ezekiel, son of man, I have appointed you to stand watch for the people of Israel. So listen to what I say, then warn them for me. Douay-Rheims Bible Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me. English Revised Version Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me. Good News Translation "Mortal man," he said, "I am making you a lookout for the nation of Israel. You will pass on to them the warnings I give you. International Standard Version "Son of Man," he said, "I've appointed you to be a watchman over the house of Israel. Therefore when you hear a message that comes from me, you are to warn them for me. JPS Tanakh 1917 Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; and when thou shalt hear a word at My mouth, thou shalt give them warning from Me. Literal Standard Version that there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, “Son of man, I have given you [as] a watchman to the house of Israel, and you have heard a word from My mouth, and have warned them from Me. Majority Standard Bible “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. New American Bible Son of man, I have appointed you a sentinel for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, you shall warn them for me. NET Bible "Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me. New Revised Standard Version Mortal, I have made you a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. New Heart English Bible "Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me. Webster's Bible Translation Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. World English Bible “Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me. Young's Literal Translation that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Watchman for Israel16At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. 18If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.… Cross References Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you. 2 Chronicles 19:10 For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities--whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances--you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt. Isaiah 52:8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion. Isaiah 56:10 Israel's watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. Isaiah 58:1 "Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram's horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. Isaiah 62:6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves, Jeremiah 6:17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen for the sound of the ram's horn.' But they answered, 'We will not listen!' Treasury of Scripture Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. I have Ezekiel 33:2-9 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: … 1 Corinthians 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. a watchman Song of Solomon 3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? Song of Solomon 5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. Isaiah 21:6,8,11,12 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth… hear Ezekiel 33:6-8 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand… 2 Chronicles 19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Jump to Previous Appointed Children Danger Ear Hear Heard House Israel Mouth Speak Warn Warned Warning Watchman Whenever WordJump to Next Appointed Children Danger Ear Hear Heard House Israel Mouth Speak Warn Warned Warning Watchman Whenever WordEzekiel 3 1. Ezekiel eats the scroll4. God encourages him 15. God shows him the rule of prophecy 22. God shuts and opens the prophet's mouth Verse 17. - A watchman unto the house of Israel. The seven days' session of amazement came to an end, but even then there was at first no utterance of a message. The word of the Lord came to his own soul, and told him what his special vocation as a prophet was to be. He was to be a "watchman unto the house of Israel." He was, like the watchman of a city on his tower, to be on the look out to warn men against coming dangers, not to slumber on his post. In 2 Samuel 18:24-27 and 2 Kings 9:17-20 we have vivid pictures of such a work. It had already been used figuratively of the prophet's work by Jeremiah (Jeremiah 6:17). The cognate verb, with the image fully developed, meets us in Habakkuk 2:1. Its use in Hosea 9:8 is doubtful as to meaning, and in Isaiah 52:8 and Isaiah 56:10 it may be, if we accept the theory of a Deutero-Isaiah, an echo from Ezekiel. It is reproduced with special emphasis in Ezekiel 33:2-7. More than any word it describes the special characteristic of Ezekiel's work. He is to watch personally over individual souls. So in a like sense, a corresponding word is used of the Christian ministry in Hebrews 13:17 (compare also for the thought, though the word is not the same, Isaiah 21:11, 12; Isaiah 62:6; Psalm 127:1). A vivid picture of the work of such a watchman is found, it may be noted, in the opening speech of the 'Agamemnon' of AEschylus. Give them warning, etc. It is, I think, a legitimate inference that the prophet acted on the command while he was with the exiles and before the departure of ver. 22, not by harangues or sermons addressed to the whole body of the exiles, but by direct warning to individuals. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Sonבֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son of man, אָדָ֕ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being I have made נְתַתִּ֖יךָ (nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set you a watchman צֹפֶ֥ה (ṣō·p̄eh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await for the house לְבֵ֣ית (lə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Whenever you hear וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ (wə·šā·ma‘·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently a word דָּבָ֔ר (dā·ḇār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause from מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of My mouth, מִפִּי֙ (mip·pî) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to give them a warning וְהִזְהַרְתָּ֥ (wə·hiz·har·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2094: To gleam, to enlighten from Me. אוֹתָ֖ם (’ō·w·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case Links Ezekiel 3:17 NIVEzekiel 3:17 NLT Ezekiel 3:17 ESV Ezekiel 3:17 NASB Ezekiel 3:17 KJV Ezekiel 3:17 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 3:17 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 3:17 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 3:17 French Bible Ezekiel 3:17 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man I have made you (Ezek. 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