Ezekiel 12:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then you shall bring out your belongings by day in their sight, as belongings for exile: and you shall go forth in the evening in their sight, as those who go into captivity.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהוֹצֵאתָ֨ כֵלֶ֜יךָ כִּכְלֵ֥י גוֹלָ֛ה יוֹמָ֖ם לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וְאַתָּ֗ה תֵּצֵ֤א בָעֶ֙רֶב֙ לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם כְּמוֹצָאֵ֖י גּוֹלָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-hôṣêtā kēleḵā like-kəlî gôlāh by-day to-ʿênêhem and-you tēṣēʾ in-the-ʿereḇ to-ʿênêhem like-môṣāʾê gôlāh

Grammar Details

• *hôṣêtā*: hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall bring out
• *kēleḵā*: common noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your vessels/implements
• *kəlî*: common noun, masculine plural construct - vessels/implements of
• *tēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall go out
• *ʿereḇ*: common noun, masculine singular - evening
• *môṣāʾê*: construct state of participle, masculine plural - those who go out/depart
• *gôlāh*: common noun, feminine singular - exile/captivity

Word Meanings

• *môṣāʾê*: those who depart/exits/goings forth
• *ʿereḇ*: evening/sunset/dusk

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Bring out your belongings as if for exile during the day, in their sight. Then, in the evening, leave in their sight, as if you were departing into exile.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt bring forth{H3318} thy stuff{H3627} by day{H3119} in their sight,{H5869} as stuff{H3627} for removing;{H1473} and thou shalt go forth{H3318} thyself at even{H6153} in their sight,{H5869} as when men go forth{H4161} into exile.{H1473}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shalt thou bring forth{H3318}{(H8689)} thy stuff{H3627} by day{H3119} in their sight{H5869}, as stuff{H3627} for removing{H1473}: and thou shalt go forth{H3318}{(H8799)} at even{H6153} in their sight{H5869}, as they that go forth{H4161} into captivity{H1473}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thy gere that thou hast made redy to flit withall, shalt thou beare out by fayre daye light, that they maie se: & thou yi self shalt go forth also at eue in their sight, as a ma doth whe he flitteth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shalt thou bring foorth thy stuffe by day in their sight as the stuffe of him that goeth into captiuitie: and thou shalt go forth at euen in their sight, as they that go foorth into captiuitie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt bryng foorth thine instrumentes as stuffe to flit with by the day tyme in their sight, and thou thy selfe shalt go foorth also at euenyng before their eyes, as they that go foorth to flit.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall bring forth your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and you shall go forth yourself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou hast brought forth thy vessels as vessels of removal by day before their eyes, and thou, thou dost go forth at even before their eyes, as the goings forth of a removal.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  By day, before their eyes, take out your vessels like those of one who is taken away: and go out in the evening before their eyes, like those who are taken away as prisoners.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall bring forth your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for moving; and you shall go forth yourself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Bring out your belongings packed for exile during the day while they are watching. And go out at evening, while they are watching, as if for exile.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 39:4 : 4 And it happened that when Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saw them and all the men of war, they fled and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain.
• 2 Kgs 25:4 : 4 And the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldeans were against the city all around:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
• Ezek 12:12 : 12 And the prince who is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out through it: he shall cover his face, that he may not see the ground with his eyes.
• Jer 52:7 : 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city by night, by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were all around the city:) and they went by the way of the plain.