Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 16:6
American Standard Version
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, `Though thou art' in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, `Though thou art' in thy blood, live.
Amplified® Bible
And when I passed by you and saw you rolling about in your blood, I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you still in your natal blood, Live!
Contemporary English Version
I saw you lying there, rolling around in your own blood, and I couldn't let you die.
Darby English Version
And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!
Good News Bible
"Then I passed by and saw you squirming in your own blood. You were covered with blood, but I wouldn't let you die.
King James Version
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
New American Standard Bible
"When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you {while you were} in your blood, `Live!' Yes, I said to you {while you were} in your blood, `Live!'
New International Version
" 'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!"
New King James Version
“And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you lay in your blood, 'Live!' Yes, I said to you while you remained in your blood, 'Live!'
Revised Standard Version
"And when I passed by you, and saw you weltering in your blood, I said to you in your blood, 'Live,
Young's Literal Translation
And I do pass over by thee, And I see thee trodden down in thy blood, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live, And I say to thee in thy blood, Live.