Ezekiel 24 — The rusted cauldron and the prophet’s bereavement — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 24:7, 24:13, 24:17, 24:23
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Ezekiel 24 — The rusted cauldron and the prophet’s bereavement
24:1–24:5 — The day of the siege and the cauldron
Verse 24:1 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:1] YHWH’s word came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:1] The Lord’s word came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The complete ancient date agrees; no modern calendar equivalent is supplied.
Verse 24:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:2] “Son of man, write down for yourself the name of the day, this very day. Babylon’s king has pressed against Jerusalem on this very day.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:2] “Son of man, write for yourself for a day, from this day on which Babylon’s king pressed against Jerusalem, from this present day,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew twice stresses this very day and recording its name; Greek repeatedly gives from this day.
Verse 24:3 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:3] Speak a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH: Set on the pot, set it on, and pour water into it.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:3] and speak a parable against the provoking house. Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: Set on the cauldron and pour water into it,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew repeats set on; Greek has it once.
Verse 24:4 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:4] Gather its pieces into it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder; fill it with the choicest bones.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:4] and put the cut pieces into it, every good cut, leg and shoulder stripped from the bones,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew commands filling with choice bones; Greek describes flesh removed from bones, continuing into 24:5.
Verse 24:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:5] Take the choicest of the flock; also heap the bones beneath it. Make it boil vigorously; let its bones also cook within it.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:5] from choice animals taken. Burn the bones beneath them. It boiled, it boiled, and her bones have been cooked within her.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek continues the previous description, commands burning bones and then reports boiling and cooking; Hebrew commands the boiling and cooking.
24:6–24:14 — Blood exposed and rust unremoved
Verse 24:6 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:6] Therefore thus says Lord YHWH: Woe, city of bloodshed! A pot with its rust in it, whose rust has not come out of it! Bring it out piece by piece; no lot has fallen upon it.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:6] Therefore thus says the Lord: O city of bloodshed! A cauldron with rust in it, whose rust has not come out of her! He brought it out limb by limb; no lot fell upon her.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew commands bringing it out, with pieces repeated; Greek reports he brought out, without identifying that subject.
Verse 24:7 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:7] For her blood was within her. She put it upon bare rock; she did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:7] For her blood is within her. I have set it upon smooth rock; I have not poured it upon the earth to cover it with earth.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew says the city placed and did not cover the blood; Greek makes God the first-person agent of both actions.
Verse 24:8 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:8] To stir up fury, to exact vengeance, I set her blood upon bare rock so that it would not be covered.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:8] To make wrath rise for vengeance to be exacted, I have set her blood upon smooth rock so that it will not be covered.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both here explicitly make God expose the blood for vengeance.
Verse 24:9 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:9] Therefore thus says Lord YHWH: Woe, city of bloodshed! I too will enlarge the pyre.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:9] Therefore thus says the Lord: I too will enlarge the firebrand
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek lacks the renewed woe to the city and gives firebrand instead of pyre.
Verse 24:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:10] Heap up the wood, kindle the fire, finish cooking the flesh, mix the seasoning, and let the bones be burned.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:10] and multiply the wood and kindle the fire, so that the flesh melts and the broth is reduced,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew commands wood, fire, flesh and seasoning and names burnt bones; Greek makes God the acting I and describes melted flesh and reduced broth.
Verse 24:11 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:11] Stand it empty upon its coals, so that its copper becomes hot and glows, its uncleanness melts within it and its rust is consumed.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:11] and it stands upon the coals, so that its copper is scorched and heated and melts amid its uncleanness, and its rust ceases,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek lacks empty and the direct command. Hebrew has uncleanness melting; Greek’s melting continues with copper as the expressed subject.
Verse 24:12 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:12] She has exhausted herself with toil, yet her abundant rust will not leave her. Into the fire with her rust!
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:12] yet her abundant rust certainly will not leave her; her rust will be put to shame,
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Hebrew’s difficult toil clause and fire declaration are absent in Greek, which instead puts the rust to shame.
Verse 24:13 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:13] In your uncleanness is lewdness. Because I cleansed you but you were not clean, you will no longer be cleansed from your uncleanness until I let My fury rest upon you.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:13] because you were being defiled. And what if you are not cleansed any more until I fill up My wrath?
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Greek lacks Hebrew’s lewdness and I cleansed you declaration, and recasts the remaining threat as a question.
Verse 24:14 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:14] I, YHWH, have spoken. It comes, and I will act. I will not let go, spare or relent. According to your ways and your deeds they will judge you, declares Lord YHWH.’”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:14] I, the Lord, have spoken, and it will come, and I will act. I will not draw back, nor will I show mercy. According to your ways and your reflections I will judge you, says the Lord. Therefore I will judge you according to your bloodshed, and according to your reflections I will judge you, the unclean one, the famous one, abundant in provoking.’”
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the separate Hebrew I will not relent and changes they will judge to I will judge. Its extended second judgment and unclean/famous/provoking address are fully retained.
24:15–24:24 — The delight of the prophet’s eyes
Verse 24:15 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:15] YHWH’s word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:15] The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The renewed word formula agrees.
Verse 24:16 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:16] “Son of man, behold, I am taking the delight of your eyes from you by a blow. You shall not lament or weep, and your tears shall not come.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:16] “Son of man, behold, I am taking the desires of your eyes from you in battle array. You certainly shall not beat your breast, nor be wept over.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew blow or plague becomes Greek battle array. Greek’s displayed klausthēs is passive, provisionally be wept over, and it lacks the separate tears clause.
Verse 24:17 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:17] Groan silently; do not perform mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress upon you and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of men.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:17] It is a groaning of blood, of loins, of mourning. Your hair shall not be plaited upon you, nor your footwear be on your feet. You certainly shall not be comforted by their lips or eat the bread of men.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew silent groaning, headdress, sandals and uncovered upper lip contrasts with Greek’s difficult blood/loins/mourning phrase, negative hair-and-footwear construction and no comfort from their lips. The explicit Greek negative is not removed to align the actions.
Verse 24:18 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:18] I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I did as I had been commanded.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:18] I spoke to the people in the morning as He commanded me, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I did as I was ordered.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek adds as He commanded me to the first speaking clause.
Verse 24:19 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:19] The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:19] The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things are that you are doing?”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew explicitly asks what the actions mean for us; Greek omits that final relation.
Verse 24:20 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:20] I said to them, “YHWH’s word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:20] I said to them, “The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The reported word formula agrees.
Verse 24:21 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:21] ‘Say to Israel’s house, Thus says Lord YHWH: Behold, I am profaning My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes, what your soul cherishes. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:21] ‘Say to Israel’s house, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am profaning My holy things, the boast of your strength, the desires of your eyes, those for whom your souls care. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Sanctuary becomes Greek plural holy things; both retain the treasured loss and children’s death.
Verse 24:22 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:22] You will do as I have done: you will not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of men.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:22] You will do as I have done: you will not be comforted from their mouth or eat the bread of men,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew uncovered upper lip again contrasts with Greek no comfort from their mouth.
Verse 24:23 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:23] Your headdresses will be upon your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not lament or weep, but waste away in your iniquities and groan, each to his brother.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:23] with your hair upon your heads and your footwear on your feet. You certainly will neither beat your breasts nor weep; you will waste away in your injustices and comfort, each his brother.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew headdresses becomes Greek hair; most substantially, Hebrew mutual groaning becomes Greek mutual comforting. Greek’s positive footwear clause here is kept despite its negative construction in 24:17.
Verse 24:24 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:24] Ezekiel will be a portent for you; according to everything he has done, you will do. When it comes, you will know that I am Lord YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:24] Ezekiel will be a portent for you; according to everything he has done, you will do when these things come. You will recognize that I am the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek explicitly names these things; its title is Lord without a doubled title.
24:25–24:27 — The survivor and the opened mouth
Verse 24:25 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:25] And you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their splendor, the delight of their eyes, the longing of their soul, their sons and daughters—
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:25] And you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take their strength from them, the exaltation of their boasting, the desires of their eyes, the exaltation of their soul, their sons and daughters—
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew stronghold, joy and longing contrasts with Greek strength and repeated exaltation.
Verse 24:26 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:26] on that day the survivor will come to you to bring a report to your ears?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:26] on that day the survivor will come to you to announce it into your ears?
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both complete the question with the survivor’s report.
Verse 24:27 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[24:27] On that day your mouth will be opened with the survivor; you will speak and no longer be mute. You will be a portent for them, and they will know that I am YHWH.’”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[24:27] On that day your mouth will be opened toward the survivor; you will speak and certainly will no longer be struck mute. You will be a portent for them, and they will recognize that I am the Lord.’”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew with the survivor becomes Greek toward the survivor, with an intensified negative.