| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Eze 21:7 | Strong Concordance | And it shall be, when they say [0559] unto thee, Wherefore sighest [0584] thou? that thou shalt answer [0559], For the tidings [08052]; because it cometh [0935]: and every heart [03820] shall melt [04549], and all hands [03027] shall be feeble [07503], and every spirit [07307] shall faint [03543], and all knees [01290] shall be weak [03212] as water [04325]: behold, it cometh [0935], and shall be brought to pass [01961], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]. |
| King James | And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| The abrupt sentences and mournful repetitions imply violent emotions. |