Ezekiel 14:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will set my face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֨י פָנַ֜י בָּאִ֣ישׁ הַה֗וּא וַהֲשִֽׂמֹתִ֙יהוּ֙ לְא֣וֹת וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים וְהִכְרַתִּ֖יו מִתּ֣וֹךְ עַמִּ֑י וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

And-wə-nāṯattî p̄ānay against-the-ʾîš the-hahûʾ and-wa-hăśimōṯîhû for-ʾôṯ and-for-məšālîm and-wə-hikrattîw from-midst of-ʿammî and-wîḏaʿtem that-I YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *wə-nāṯattî*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will set
• *p̄ānay*: masculine plural construct + 1st common singular suffix - my face
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular - man
• *hahûʾ*: demonstrative adjective with definite article - that
• *wa-hăśimōṯîhû*: waw consecutive + hiphil perfect, 1st common singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and I will make him
• *ʾôṯ*: common feminine singular - sign
• *məšālîm*: masculine plural - proverbs/bywords
• *wə-hikrattîw*: waw consecutive + hiphil perfect, 1st common singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and I will cut him off
• *ʿammî*: masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my people
• *wîḏaʿtem*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you will know
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• ס: paragraph marker

Word Meanings

• *nāṯattî*: set/establish/direct
• *p̄ānay*: my face/my presence/my attention
• *hăśimōṯîhû*: make him/set him/place him
• *ʾôṯ*: sign/token/omen
• *məšālîm*: proverbs/bywords/object lessons
• *hikrattîw*: cut him off/remove him/destroy him

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And I will set my face against that man and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and I will set{H5414} my face{H6440} against that man,{H376} and will make{H8074} him an astonishment, for a sign{H226} and a proverb,{H4912} and I will cut him off{H3772} from the midst{H8432} of my people;{H5971} and ye shall know{H3045} that I am Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will set{H5414}{(H8804)} my face{H6440} against that man{H376}, and will make{H8074}{(H8689)} him a sign{H226} and a proverb{H4912}, and I will cut him off{H3772}{(H8689)} from the midst{H8432} of my people{H5971}; and ye shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil set my face agaynst that man, and wil make him to be an example for other, yee and a comon byworde: and wil rote him out of my people, that he maye knowe, how yt I am the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I will set my face against that man, and will make him an example and prouerbe, and I will cut him off from the middes of my people, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I wyll set my face against that man, and wyll make hym to be an example for other, yea and a common byworde, and wyll roote hym out of my people, that ye may knowe howe that I am the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and I have set My face against that man, and made him for a sign, and for similes, and I have cut him off from the midst of My people, and ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 5:15 : 15 You will be a reproach, a mockery, a warning, and a horror to the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and furious rebukes! I, the LORD, have spoken.
• Ezek 15:7 : 7 I will set my face against them. Though they come out of the fire, the fire will still consume them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
• Jer 44:11 : 11 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I have set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah.
• Ezek 6:7 : 7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
• Isa 65:15 : 15 You will leave behind your name as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will put you to death; but to his servants, he will give another name.
• Lev 17:10 : 10 Any Israelite or foreigner living among them who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person and cut them off from their people.
• Deut 28:37 : 37 You will become an object of horror, a byword, and a taunt among all the peoples to which the LORD will drive you.
• Ps 34:16 : 16 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.
• Ps 37:22 : 22 For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.
• Ps 44:13-14 : 13 You sold Your people for nothing and made no profit from their sale. 14 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
• Lev 20:3-6 : 3 I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people because he has given his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name. 4 But if the people of the land deliberately close their eyes to that man when he gives his children to Molech, and they fail to put him to death, 5 then I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molech. 6 If anyone turns to mediums or spiritists, prostituting themselves by following them, I will set my face against that person and cut them off from their people.
• Lev 22:3 : 3 Say to them: 'If any of your descendants in future generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the LORD while he is ceremonially unclean, that person will be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.'
• Lev 26:17 : 17 I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is chasing you.
• Num 19:20 : 20 But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
• Num 26:10 : 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with Korah, when that assembly died, as the fire consumed 250 men, serving as a warning sign.
• Jer 21:10 : 10 For I have set my face against this city for disaster and not for good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will burn it with fire.
• Jer 24:9 : 9 I will make them a horror and an object of calamity among all the kingdoms of the earth—a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I drive them.
• Jer 29:22 : 22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah in Babylon will use this curse: 'May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.'
• Ezek 13:23 : 23 therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will rescue my people from your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD.
• Rom 11:22 : 22 Consider then the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell but kindness to you, provided you continue in His kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
• 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.