Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 4:12
American Standard Version
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
Amplified® Bible
And you shall eat your food as barley cakes and you shall bake it with human dung as fuel in the sight of the people.
Contemporary English Version
Use dried human waste to start a fire, then bake the bread on the coals where everyone can watch you.
Darby English Version
And thou shalt eat it [as] barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
Good News Bible
You are to build a fire out of dried human excrement, bake bread on the fire, and eat it where everyone can see you."
King James Version
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked {it} in their sight over human dung."
New International Version
Eat the food as you would a barley cake; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel."
New King James Version
And you shall eat it as barley cakes; and bake it using fuel of human waste in their sight.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human dung."
Revised Standard Version
And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung."
Young's Literal Translation
A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung -- the filth of man -- thou dost bake before their eyes.
