Ezekiel 7:18

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.

American King James Version (AKJV)

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.

American Standard Version (ASV)

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And they will put haircloth round them, and deep fear will be covering them; and shame will be on all faces, and the hair gone from all their heads.

Webster's Revision

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

World English Bible

They shall also clothe themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.

English Revised Version (ERV)

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

Definitions for Ezekiel 7:18

Gird - To fasten, secure; to equip; prepare.

Barnes's Ezekiel 7:18 Bible Commentary

Various signs of mourning common in eastern countries. Baldness was forbidden to the Israelites Deuteronomy 14:1. They seem, however, in later times to have adopted the custom of foreign nations in this matter, not without permission. Compare Isaiah 22:12.

Wesley's Ezekiel 7:18 Bible Commentary

7:18 Baldness - Either by pulling off the hair amidst their sorrows, or cutting it off in token of mourning.