Ezekiel 25:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you clapped your hands, stomped your feet, and rejoiced with all the scorn in your heart against the land of Israel,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן מַחְאֲךָ֣ יָ֔ד וְרַקְעֲךָ֖ בְּרָ֑גֶל וַתִּשְׂמַ֤ח בְּכָל־שָֽׁאטְךָ֙ בְּנֶ֔פֶשׁ אֶל־אַדְמַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

kî kōh ʾāmar ʾădōnāy YHWH yaʿan maḥʾăkā yād wə-raqʿăkā bərāgel wa-tiśmaḥ bəkāl-šāʾṭəkā bənepeš ʾel-ʾadmat yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *kōh*: adverb - thus
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
• *ʾădōnāy* *YHWH*: divine title + name - Lord YHWH/Sovereign LORD
• *yaʿan*: conjunction - because
• *maḥʾăkā*: qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your clapping
• *yād*: noun feminine singular - hand
• *wə-raqʿăkā*: waw conjunction + qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your stamping
• *bərāgel*: preposition + noun feminine singular - with foot
• *wa-tiśmaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you rejoiced
• *bəkāl*-*šāʾṭəkā*: preposition + noun + noun masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with all your contempt
• *bənepeš*: preposition + noun feminine singular - in soul/with inner feeling
• *ʾel*-*ʾadmat*: preposition + noun feminine construct - against the land of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *maḥʾăkā* *yād*: your clapping of hand/your applauding/your gesture of joy
• *raqʿăkā* *bərāgel*: your stamping with foot/your gestures of scorn
• *šāʾṭəkā* *bənepeš*: your contempt in soul/your deep-seated disdain/your heartfelt scorn

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain against the land of Israel;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} Because thou hast clapped{H4222} thy hands,{H3027} and stamped{H7554} with the feet,{H7272} and rejoiced{H8055} with all the despite{H7589} of thy soul{H5315} against the land{H127} of Israel;{H3478}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Because thou hast clapped{H4222}{(H8763)} thine hands{H3027}, and stamped{H7554}{(H8800)} with the feet{H7272}, and rejoiced{H8055}{(H8799)} in heart{H5315} with all thy despite{H7589} against the land{H127} of Israel{H3478};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thus saieth the LORDE God: In so moch as thou hast clapped with thine hondes, and stamped with thy fete, yee reioysed in thine herte ouer the londe of Israel with despyte:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thus saith the Lord God, Because thou hast clapped the hands, and stamped with the feete, and reioyced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thus sayth the Lorde God: Insomuch as thou hast clapped with thyne handes, and stamped with thy feete, yea and reioyced ouer the lande of Israel with all thy despite in heart:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped [thine] hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of your soul against the land of Israel;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy clapping the hand, And of thy stamping with the foot, And thou rejoicest with all thy despite in soul Against the ground of Israel,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast clapped thy hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of thy soul against the land of Israel;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast clapped thy hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of thy soul against the land of Israel;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord has said, Because you have made sounds of joy with your hands, stamping your feet, and have been glad, putting shame with all your soul on the land of Israel;

• World English Bible (2000)

  For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of your soul against the land of Israel;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced with intense scorn over the land of Israel,

Referenced Verses

• Obad 1:12 : 12 But do not gloat over your brother on the day of his calamity; do not rejoice over the people of Judah on the day of their destruction; and do not boastfully speak on the day of distress.
• Zeph 2:8 : 8 I have heard the taunts of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have reproached My people and enlarged their borders.
• Zeph 2:10 : 10 This will be their lot in return for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of Hosts.
• Nah 3:19 : 19 There is no healing for your wound; your injury is fatal. All who hear the news about you will clap their hands over you. For who has not suffered your endless cruelty?
• Job 27:23 : 23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him as he is driven away from his place.
• Ezek 6:11 : 11 This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out, 'Alas!' because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and plague.
• Ezek 25:15 : 15 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, seeking to destroy Judah with perpetual hostility,
• Ezek 36:5 : 5 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in my burning zeal I have spoken against the remnants of the nations and against Edom, who with glee and utter contempt claimed my land as their own possession, plundering its pasturelands.
• Neh 4:3-4 : 3 So we prayed to our God and set a guard against them day and night because of their threats. 4 Then Judah said, 'The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubble that we are unable to rebuild the wall.'
• Ezek 35:15 : 15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel when it became desolate, so will I deal with you. You will become a desolation, Mount Seir, along with all of Edom—all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
• Job 34:37 : 37 For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.
• Prov 24:17 : 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.
• Jer 48:27 : 27 Was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him you wag your head in scorn?
• Lam 2:15 : 15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?'
• Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is the jubilant city that dwelled securely and said in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' How she has become a desolation, a resting place for wild animals! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.