Ezekiel 11:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to me, Speak; Thus says the LORD; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּפֹּ֣ל עָלַי֮ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָה֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י אֱמֹר֙ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה כֵּ֥ן אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמַעֲל֥וֹת רֽוּחֲכֶ֖ם אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

wə-tippōl upon-me rûaḥ Yhwh wə-yōʾmer to-me ʾĕmōr thus-ʾāmar Yhwh so ʾămartem bêt Yiśrāʾēl and-maʿălôt rûḥăkem I yədaʿtîhā

Grammar Details

• *wə-tippōl*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and fell
• *rûaḥ*: feminine singular construct - spirit of
• *Yhwh*: proper noun - YHWH/LORD
• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʾĕmōr*: qal imperative masculine singular - say
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - said
• *ʾămartem*: qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you (plural) have said
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *maʿălôt*: feminine plural construct - risings of/thoughts of
• *rûḥăkem*: feminine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your spirit
• *yədaʿtîhā*: qal perfect 1st singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - I have known it

Word Meanings

• *rûaḥ*: spirit/wind/breath/mind
• *maʿălôt*: risings/thoughts/steps/coming up

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The Spirit of the Lord came upon me, and He said to me, 'Say: This is what the Lord says: This is what you have said, house of Israel, and I know the thoughts that come into your mind.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And with that, fell the sprete of the LORDE vpon me, and sayde vnto me: Speake, thus saieth the LORDE: On this maner haue yee spoke (O ye house of Israel) and I knowe the ymaginacios of youre hertes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the Spirite of the Lord fell vpon me, and said vnto me, Speake, Thus saith the Lorde, O ye house of Israel, this haue ye said, and I know that which riseth vp of your mindes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And with that fell the spirite of the Lorde vpon me, and sayde vnto me, Speake, thus saith the Lorde: On this maner haue ye spoken (O ye house of Israel) and I knowe the imaginations of your heartes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, [every one of] them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The Spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says Yahweh: Thus have you said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And fall upon me doth the Spirit of Jehovah, and He saith unto me, `Say: Thus said Jehovah: Rightly ye have said, O house of Israel, And the steps of your spirit I have known.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the spirit of the Lord came on me, and he said to me, Say, These are the words of the Lord: This is what you have said, O children of Israel; what comes into your mind is clear to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The Spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says Yahweh: Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me and said to me,“Say: This is what the LORD says:‘This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Ezek 2:2 : 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet, so that I heard him speaking to me.
• Ezek 2:4-5 : 4 For they are impudent children and hardhearted. I do send you to them; and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse, (for they are a rebellious house,) will yet know that there has been a prophet among them.
• Ezek 2:7 : 7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse: for they are most rebellious.
• Ezek 3:11 : 11 And go, get to those of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they refuse.
• Ezek 3:24 : 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house.
• Ezek 3:27 : 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; He that hears, let him hear; and he that refuses, let him refuse: for they are a rebellious house.
• Ezek 8:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there.
• Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
• Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, which has said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
• Ezek 38:10-11 : 10 Thus says the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time, things shall come into your mind, and you shall think an evil thought: 11 And you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
• Mal 3:13-14 : 13 Your words have been harsh against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'. 14 You have said, 'It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?'.
• Mark 2:8 : 8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they reasoned within themselves, he said to them, Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
• Mark 3:22-30 : 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the demons he casts out demons. 23 And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rises up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. 27 No man can enter into a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house. 28 Truly, I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and blasphemies by which they may blaspheme: 29 But he who shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: 30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
• John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all men, 25 And had no need that anyone should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
• John 21:17 : 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• Acts 10:44 : 44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.
• Acts 11:15 : 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
• Num 11:25-26 : 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it to the seventy elders; and it came to pass, that when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But two of the men remained in the camp, the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them, and they were of those that were written, but did not go out to the tabernacle, and they prophesied in the camp.
• 1 Sam 10:6 : 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you shall prophesy with them, and will be turned into another man.
• 1 Sam 10:10 : 10 And when they came there to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
• Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
• Ps 50:21 : 21 These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.
• Ps 139:2-3 : 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
• Isa 28:15 : 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves:
• Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jer 16:17 : 17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, nor is their iniquity hidden from my eyes.