Ezekiel 39:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You will fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your armies and the peoples with you. I will give you as food to birds of prey of every kind and to the wild animals of the field.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־הָרֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל תִּפּ֗וֹל אַתָּה֙ וְכָל־אֲגַפֶּ֔יךָ וְעַמִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֑ךְ לְעֵ֨יט צִפּ֧וֹר כָּל־כָּנָ֛ף וְחַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה נְתַתִּ֥יךָ לְאָכְלָֽה

Transliteration

Upon hārê Yiśrāʾēl you shall tippôl, ʾattâ and all your ʾăgappeykā and ʿammîm who are with you; to ʿêṭ of ṣippôr of all kānāp and ḥayyat of the śādeh I have nətattîkā for ʾoklâ

Grammar Details

• *hārê*: noun, masculine plural construct - mountains of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *tippôl*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will fall
• *ʾattâ*: pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - you
• *ʾăgappeykā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your bands/hordes/wings
• *ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples
• *ʿêṭ*: noun, masculine singular construct - birds of prey
• *ṣippôr*: noun, feminine singular construct - bird of
• *kānāp*: noun, masculine singular - wing/kind
• *ḥayyat*: noun, feminine singular construct - beast of
• *śādeh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the field
• *nətattîkā*: qal perfect, 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - I have given you
• *ʾoklâ*: noun, feminine singular - food/meal/consumption

Word Meanings

• *ʾăgappeykā*: hordes/bands/wings/armies
• *ʿêṭ*: birds of prey/ravenous birds

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops, and the people that are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt fall{H5307} upon the mountains{H2022} of Israel,{H3478} thou, and all thy hordes,{H102} and the peoples{H5971} that are with thee: I will give{H5414} thee unto the ravenous{H5861} birds{H6833} of every sort,{H3671} and to the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} to be devoured.{H402}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt fall{H5307}{(H8799)} upon the mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478}, thou, and all thy bands{H102}, and the people{H5971} that is with thee: I will give{H5414}{(H8804)} thee unto the ravenous{H5861} birds{H6833} of every sort{H3671}, and to the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} to be devoured{H402}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou with all thine heape, and all the people that is with the, must fall vpon the mountaynes of Israel. Then wil I geue the vnto ye foules and wilde beastes of the felde, to be deuoured:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt fal vpon the mountaines of Israel, and all thy bands and the people, that is with thee: for I will giue thee vnto the birdes and to euery feathered foule and beast of the fielde to be deuoured.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou with all thyne hoast, and all the people that is with thee, shall fall vpon the mountaynes of Israel: then will I geue thee vnto the flockes of birdes euen to all fethered foules and beastes of the fielde, to be deuoured.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that [is] with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and [to] the beasts of the field to be devoured.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  On mountains of Israel thou fallest, Thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples who `are' with thee, To ravenous fowl -- a bird of every wing, And `to' a beast of the field, I have given thee for food.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  On the mountains of Israel you will come down, you and all your forces and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to cruel birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be their food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 33:27 : 27 Tell them this: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those who are in the open field I will give to wild animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of plague.'
• Ezek 39:17-20 : 17 Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Speak to every kind of bird and all the wild animals, 'Assemble and come together from all around to my sacrifice that I am offering for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.' 18 You shall eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan. 19 You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, from the sacrifice that I have prepared for you. 20 At my table, you will be filled with horses and riders, mighty men and all warriors,' declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 32:4-5 : 4 I will leave you on the land, hurl you onto the open field. I will make all the birds of the heavens settle on you, and the wild beasts of the earth will feast on you. 5 I will scatter your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.
• Ezek 38:21 : 21 I will call for a sword against him on all my mountains, declares the Lord GOD. The sword of every man will be against his brother.
• Isa 34:2-8 : 2 For the Lord is angry with all nations, and His wrath is against all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them, He has handed them over to slaughter. 3 Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will be dissolved with their blood. 4 All the stars of the heavens will rot away, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll. All their armies will wither, as a leaf withers on the vine or a fig shrivels and falls from the fig tree. 5 For My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. Behold, it will descend upon Edom, upon the people of My judgment, to bring justice. 6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood; it is fat with the fat of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7 And wild oxen will fall with them, and young bulls with strong ones. Their land will drink its fill of blood, and their soil will be enriched with fat. 8 For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
• Jer 15:3 : 3 I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.
• Ezek 29:5 : 5 I will leave you in the desert—you and all the fish of your rivers. You will fall on the open fields, and you will not be gathered or buried. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the heavens.
• Rev 19:17-21 : 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying high overhead: 'Come, gather for the great supper of God,' 18 'that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great.' 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and His army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf. By these signs he had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. 21 The rest were killed by the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.