Pulp Fiction at 25: Is the Ezekiel 25:17 speech the actual Bible verse?
▻https://fansided.com/2019/05/21/pulp-fiction-25-ezekiel-bible-verse
Jackson and Travolta play hitmen Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega in the movie, and Winnfield quotes scripture just before he kills someone. The speech surely sounds like it could come from the Bible, with words like “path”, “shepherds”, righteous”, “good will”, “tyranny”, “finder”, “lost”, “valley of darkness” , “brother’s keeper”, “charity”, “blessed”, and of course “the Lord.”
Jules says it’s the verse Ezekiel 25:17, and here’s the speech in full, via an NSFW video:
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
Ezekiel 25:17 - Pulp Fiction (3/12) Movie CLIP (1994)
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2WK_eWihdU
Ezekiel 25, King James Version
▻https://www.bibleserver.com/ELB.KJV/Hesekiel25
14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.