Ezekiel 16:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So now I have stretched out my hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָטִ֤יתִי יָדִי֙ עָלַ֔יִךְ וָאֶגְרַ֖ע חֻקֵּ֑ךְ וָאֶתְּנֵ֞ךְ בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁ שֹׂנְאוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ בְּנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים הַנִּכְלָמ֖וֹת מִדַּרְכֵּ֥ךְ זִמָּֽה׃

Transliteration

And wəhinnēh nāṭîtî yādî against you and wāʾegrā ḥuqqēk and wāʾettnēk in bənefeš śōnəʾôtayik bənôt pəlištîm hanniklāmôt from midarkēk zimmāh.

Grammar Details

• *wəhinnēh*: and behold, interjection
• *nāṭîtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I stretched out
• *yādî*: my hand, noun with 1st person singular suffix
• *wāʾegrā*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I diminished
• *ḥuqqēk*: your portion/allotment, noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix
• *wāʾettnēk*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - and I gave you
• *bənefeš*: to the desire/will, preposition + noun construct
• *śōnəʾôtayik*: those hating you, qal participle feminine plural with 2nd person feminine singular suffix
• *bənôt*: daughters of, construct state
• *pəlištîm*: Philistines, proper noun
• *hanniklāmôt*: the ones being ashamed, niphal participle feminine plural with definite article
• *midarkēk*: from your way, preposition + noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix
• *zimmāh*: lewdness/licentiousness, noun absolute

Word Meanings

• *ḥuqqēk*: your portion/your allotment/your allowance/your prescribed portion
• *bənefeš*: to the desire/will/appetite/discretion
• *śōnəʾôtayik*: those hating you/your enemies/those detesting you
• *hanniklāmôt*: those being ashamed/those being embarrassed/those feeling disgust
• *zimmāh*: lewdness/depravity/licentiousness/wickedness

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary food, and delivered you to the will of those that hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Behold therefore, I have stretched out{H5186} my hand{H3027} over thee, and have diminished{H1639} thine ordinary{H2706} [food], and delivered{H5414} thee unto the will{H5315} of them that hate{H8130} thee, the daughters{H1323} of the Philistines,{H6430} that are ashamed{H3637} of thy lewd{H2154} way.{H1870}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Behold, therefore I have stretched out{H5186}{(H8804)} my hand{H3027} over thee, and have diminished{H1639}{(H8799)} thine ordinary{H2706} food, and delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} thee unto the will{H5315} of them that hate{H8130}{(H8802)} thee, the daughters{H1323} of the Philistines{H6430}, which are ashamed{H3637}{(H8737)} of thy lewd{H2154} way{H1870}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Beholde, I will stretch out myne honde ouer the, and wil mynish thy stoare of fode, and delyuer the ouer in to the willes of the Philistynes thine enemies, which are ashamed of thy abhominable waye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beholde, therefore I did stretche out mine hand ouer thee, and will diminish thine ordinarie, and deliuer thee vnto the will of them that hate thee, euen to the daughters of the Philistims, which are ashamed of thy wicked way.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beholde, I did stretche out my hand ouer thee, and dyd minishe thy store of foode, and deliuered thee ouer into the wylles of them that hate thee, euen the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thyne abhominable wayes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary [food], and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary [food], and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And lo, I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I diminish thy portion, And give thee to the desire of those hating thee, The daughters of the Philistines, Who are ashamed of thy wicked way.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Behold therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary `food', and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, that are ashamed of thy lewd way.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Behold therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary [food], and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, that are ashamed of thy lewd way.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.

• World English Bible (2000)

  See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary [food], and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So see here, I have stretched out my hand against you and cut off your rations. I have delivered you into the power of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your obscene conduct.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 9:12 : 12 But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty.
• Ezek 16:57 : 57 before your own wickedness was exposed, like the time you were taunted by the daughters of Aram and all her neighbors, and by the daughters of the Philistines, who looked down on you from every side.
• Ezek 16:37 : 37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from every side, and I will expose your nakedness to them, so they may see all your shame.
• Ezek 16:47 : 47 You not only followed their ways and acted according to their detestable practices but in a very short time, you became more depraved than they were in all your ways.
• Ezek 23:22 : 22 Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I am about to stir up your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side—
• Ezek 23:25 : 25 I will direct my jealous fury against you, and they will deal with you in anger. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and daughters, and those who remain will be consumed by fire.
• Ezek 23:28-29 : 28 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'I am about to deliver you into the hands of those you hate, into the hands of those you turned away from in disgust.' 29 They will deal with you in hatred, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed—your lewdness and promiscuity.
• Ezek 23:46-47 : 46 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Bring a great assembly against them and hand them over to terror and plunder.' 47 They will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses with fire.
• Hos 2:9-9 : 9 She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, 'I will go back to my first husband, because it was better for me then than now.' 10 She did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and who lavished her with silver and gold, which they used for Baal. 11 Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time and my new wine in its season. I will remove my wool and flax, which were to cover her nakedness. 12 Now I will uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers; no one will deliver her out of my hand.
• Rev 17:16 : 16 The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her with fire.
• Isa 9:17 : 17 For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns. It sets the thickets of the forest ablaze, and they roll upward in columns of smoke.
• Jer 34:21 : 21 And I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon that has withdrawn from you.
• Ezek 5:6-7 : 6 But she has rebelled against My rules more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the surrounding countries. They have rejected My judgments and have not walked in My statutes. 7 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you are more rebellious than the surrounding nations—you have not walked in My statutes or done what My judgments demand, nor have you even lived according to the laws of the nations around you.
• Ezek 14:9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is I, the LORD, who have deceived that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
• Deut 28:48-57 : 48 You will serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and total destitution. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand. 50 It will be a fierce and ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and no mercy for the young. 51 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, or fresh oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have wiped you out. 52 They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until your high fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down. They will besiege all the cities in the land the LORD your God has given you. 53 Because of the suffering your enemy inflicts upon you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of your womb—the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you. 54 Even the most tender and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who are still alive. 55 He will not share with any of them the flesh of his children that he is eating, because he has nothing else during the suffering and siege that your enemy will inflict on all your cities. 56 The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter. 57 She will secretly eat her afterbirth and the children she bears during the siege and suffering that your enemy inflicts upon your cities, because she is in dire need of food.
• 2 Kgs 24:2 : 2 The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites. He sent them to destroy Judah, fulfilling the word of the LORD spoken through His servants, the prophets.
• 2 Chr 28:18-19 : 18 The Philistines also raided towns in the foothills and the Negev of Judah. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its villages, Timnah and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages. 19 The LORD had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been unfaithful to the LORD.
• Ps 106:41 : 41 He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
• Isa 3:1 : 1 See now, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is removing from Jerusalem and Judah support and supply, both bread and water.
• Isa 5:25 : 25 Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against His people. He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down. The mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, His anger has not turned away; His hand is still stretched out.