Then he said to me, “Behold, I have given you cow’s dung for man’s dung, and you shall prepare your bread on it.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
- BSB “Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
- NKJV Then He said to me, “See, I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”
- NASB Then He said to me, “See, I will give you cow’s dung in place of human dung, so that you may prepare your bread over it.”
- NLT “All right,” the Lord said. “You may bake your bread with cow dung instead of human dung.”
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