Ezekiel 4:8
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And, behold, I will lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to another, till you have ended the days of your siege.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And, behold, I will lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to another, till you have ended the days of your siege.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And see, I will put bands on you; and you will be stretched out without turning from one side to the other till the days of your attack are ended.
Webster's Revision
And behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
World English Bible
Behold, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
Barnes's Ezekiel 4:8 Bible Commentary
I will lay bands upon thee - Contrast margin reference. The Lord will put constraint upon him, to cause him to exercise his office. In the retirement of his house, figuratively bound and under constraint, he shall not cease to proclaim the doom of the city.
The days of thy siege - Those during which he should thus foretell the approaching calamity.
Wesley's Ezekiel 4:8 Bible Commentary
4:8 Bands - An invisible restraint assuring him, that those could no more remove from the siege, than he from that side he lay on.