Ezekiel 12:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For I am the LORD. I will speak, and whatever word I speak will come to pass. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and fulfill it, declares the Lord GOD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י ׀ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲדַבֵּר֙ אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲדַבֵּ֤ר דָּבָר֙ וְיֵ֣עָשֶׂ֔ה לֹ֥א תִמָּשֵׁ֖ךְ ע֑וֹד כִּ֣י בִֽימֵיכֶ֞ם בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֗רִי אֲדַבֵּ֤ר דָּבָר֙ וַעֲשִׂיתִ֔יו נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

Transliteration

For I YHWH ʾădabbēr ʾēṯ what ʾădabbēr dāḇār and-yēʿāśeh not timmāšēḵ again for in-yəmêḵem bêṯ hammerî ʾădabbēr dāḇār and-ʿăśîṯîw nəʾūm ʾădōnāy YHWH

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾădabbēr*: piel imperfect, 1st common singular - I will speak
• *dāḇār*: common noun, masculine singular - word/thing
• *yēʿāśeh*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be done
• *timmāšēḵ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will be prolonged/delayed
• *yəmêḵem*: common noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your days
• *bêṯ* *hammerî*: construct chain with definite article - house of the rebellion
• *ʿăśîṯîw*: qal perfect, 1st common singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - I will do it
• *nəʾūm*: passive participle - declaration of

Word Meanings

• *dāḇār*: word/speech/thing/matter

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall no longer be postponed: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, says the Lord GOD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For I am Jehovah;{H3068} I will speak,{H1696} and the word{H1697} that I shall speak{H1696} shall be performed;{H6213} it shall be no more deferred:{H4900} for in your days,{H3117} O rebellious{H4805} house,{H1004} will I speak{H1696} the word,{H1697} and will perform{H6213} it, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For I am the LORD{H3068}: I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)}, and the word{H1697} that I shall speak{H1696}{(H8762)} shall come to pass{H6213}{(H8735)}; it shall be no more prolonged{H4900}{(H8735)}: for in your days{H3117}, O rebellious{H4805} house{H1004}, will I say{H1696}{(H8762)} the word{H1697}, and will perform{H6213}{(H8804)} it, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For it is I the LORDE, that speake it: and what so euer I ye LORDE speake, it shal be perfourmed, and not be slacke in commynge. Yee euen in youre dayes (O ye frauwarde housholde) will I deuyse somethinge, & bringe it to passe, saieth the LORDE God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For I am the Lorde: I wil speake, and that thing that I shall speake, shall come to passe: it shall be no more prolonged: for in your dayes, O rebellious house, will I saye the thing, and will performe it, sayeth the Lord God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For I the Lorde speake it, and whatsoeuer I shall speake, it shalbe perfourmed, and not be slacke in commyng any more, yea euen in your dayes O rebellious house, wyll I speake the thyng & bryng it to passe, saith the Lorde God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For I [am] the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For I am Yahweh; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, says the Lord Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For I `am' Jehovah, I speak, The word that I speak -- it is done, It is not prolonged any more, For, in your days, O rebellious house, I speak a word, and I have done it, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For I am Jehovah; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For I am Jehovah; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For I am the Lord; I will say the word and what I say I will do; it will not be put off: for in your days, O uncontrolled people, I will say the word and do it, says the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For I am Yahweh; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, says the Lord Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For I, the LORD, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 55:11 : 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
• Ezek 12:28 : 28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: None of My words will be delayed any longer, but whatever I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’
• Isa 14:24 : 24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: 'Surely as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.'
• Hab 1:5 : 5 Look among the nations and observe—be utterly amazed! For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe even if you were told.
• Jer 16:9 : 9 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to silence in this place—in your sight and in your days—the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bridegroom and the bride.
• Lam 2:17 : 17 The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word that he decreed long ago. He has overthrown without pity; he has let the enemy gloat over you and exalt the horn of your adversaries.
• Ezek 6:10 : 10 And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not warn about bringing this disaster on them without cause.
• Ezek 12:1-2 : 1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying: 2 Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
• Num 14:28-34 : 28 Say to them: 'As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say in my hearing.' 29 In this wilderness, your dead bodies will fall—every one of you who was numbered in the census, twenty years old or more, who grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore by uplifted hand to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 But your children, whom you said would be plunder, I will bring them in to know the land that you have rejected. 32 As for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness. 33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, bearing the consequences of your unfaithfulness, until your corpses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 For forty days you explored the land; now, for each day, you will bear your guilt for a year—forty years—and you will know my opposition.
• Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and our deeds, so He has done to us.'
• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
• Mark 13:30-31 : 30 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• Luke 21:13 : 13 This will result in an opportunity for you to bear witness.
• Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
• Dan 9:12 : 12 He has carried out His words that He spoke against us and our rulers who governed us, bringing on us a great disaster. Nothing like it has ever been done under the entire heaven as what has been done in Jerusalem.