Ezekiel 12:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Bring out your belongings as if for exile during the day, in their sight. Then, in the evening, leave in their sight, as if you were departing into exile.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהוֹצֵאתָ֨ כֵלֶ֜יךָ כִּכְלֵ֥י גוֹלָ֛ה יוֹמָ֖ם לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וְאַתָּ֗ה תֵּצֵ֤א בָעֶ֙רֶב֙ לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם כְּמוֹצָאֵ֖י גּוֹלָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-hôṣêtā kēleḵā like-kəlî gôlāh by-day to-ʿênêhem and-you tēṣēʾ in-the-ʿereḇ to-ʿênêhem like-môṣāʾê gôlāh

Grammar Details

• *hôṣêtā*: hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall bring out
• *kēleḵā*: common noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your vessels/implements
• *kəlî*: common noun, masculine plural construct - vessels/implements of
• *tēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall go out
• *ʿereḇ*: common noun, masculine singular - evening
• *môṣāʾê*: construct state of participle, masculine plural - those who go out/depart
• *gôlāh*: common noun, feminine singular - exile/captivity

Word Meanings

• *môṣāʾê*: those who depart/exits/goings forth
• *ʿereḇ*: evening/sunset/dusk

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then you shall bring out your belongings by day in their sight, as belongings for exile: and you shall go forth in the evening in their sight, as those who go into captivity.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt bring forth{H3318} thy stuff{H3627} by day{H3119} in their sight,{H5869} as stuff{H3627} for removing;{H1473} and thou shalt go forth{H3318} thyself at even{H6153} in their sight,{H5869} as when men go forth{H4161} into exile.{H1473}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shalt thou bring forth{H3318}{(H8689)} thy stuff{H3627} by day{H3119} in their sight{H5869}, as stuff{H3627} for removing{H1473}: and thou shalt go forth{H3318}{(H8799)} at even{H6153} in their sight{H5869}, as they that go forth{H4161} into captivity{H1473}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thy gere that thou hast made redy to flit withall, shalt thou beare out by fayre daye light, that they maie se: & thou yi self shalt go forth also at eue in their sight, as a ma doth whe he flitteth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shalt thou bring foorth thy stuffe by day in their sight as the stuffe of him that goeth into captiuitie: and thou shalt go forth at euen in their sight, as they that go foorth into captiuitie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt bryng foorth thine instrumentes as stuffe to flit with by the day tyme in their sight, and thou thy selfe shalt go foorth also at euenyng before their eyes, as they that go foorth to flit.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall bring forth your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and you shall go forth yourself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou hast brought forth thy vessels as vessels of removal by day before their eyes, and thou, thou dost go forth at even before their eyes, as the goings forth of a removal.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  By day, before their eyes, take out your vessels like those of one who is taken away: and go out in the evening before their eyes, like those who are taken away as prisoners.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall bring forth your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for moving; and you shall go forth yourself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Bring out your belongings packed for exile during the day while they are watching. And go out at evening, while they are watching, as if for exile.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 39:4 : 4 When Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all the soldiers saw this, they fled, leaving the city at night through the king’s garden by the gate between the two walls, and they fled toward the Arabah.
• 2 Kgs 25:4 : 4 Then the city wall was breached, and all the warriors fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king's garden, even though the Chaldeans were surrounding the city. They escaped toward the Arabah.
• Ezek 12:12 : 12 The prince who is among them will shoulder his belongings and leave in the darkness. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land.
• Jer 52:7 : 7 Then the city was breached, and though the Chaldeans surrounded it, all the soldiers fled by night through the gate between the two walls, near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah.