Ezekiel 13:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore you shall see no more vanity nor divine divinations; for I will deliver my people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֗ן שָׁ֚וְא לֹ֣א תֶחֱזֶ֔ינָה וְקֶ֖סֶם לֹא־תִקְסַ֣מְנָה ע֑וֹד וְהִצַּלְתִּ֤י אֶת־עַמִּי֙ מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ן וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ן כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

lāḵēn šāwəʾ lōʾ teḥĕzênāh wə-qesem lōʾ-tiqsamnāh ʿôd wə-hiṣṣaltî ʾet-ʿammî mi-yyedḵen wîdaʿten kî-ʾănî YHWH

Grammar Details

• *lāḵēn*: conjunction - therefore
• *šāwəʾ*: masculine singular noun - falsehood
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *teḥĕzênāh*: Qal imperfect 2nd feminine plural - you will see
• *wə-qesem*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and divination
• *tiqsamnāh*: Qal imperfect 2nd feminine plural - you will practice
• *ʿôd*: adverb - any more
• *wə-hiṣṣaltî*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I will deliver
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʿammî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my people
• *mi-yyedḵen*: preposition + feminine singular noun + 2nd feminine plural suffix - from your hand
• *wîdaʿten*: conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd feminine plural - and you will know
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD

Word Meanings

• *šāwəʾ*: falsehood/emptiness/vanity
• *teḥĕzênāh*: you will see/envision/perceive
• *qesem*: divination/oracle/prediction
• *tiqsamnāh*: you will practice divination/tell fortunes
• *hiṣṣaltî*: I will deliver/rescue/save

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will rescue my people from your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  therefore ye shall no more see{H2372} false{H7723} visions, nor divine{H7080} divinations:{H7081} and I will deliver{H5337} my people{H5971} out of your hand;{H3027} and ye shall know{H3045} that I am Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Therefore ye shall see{H2372}{(H8799)} no more vanity{H7723}, nor divine{H7080}{(H8799)} divinations{H7081}: for I will deliver{H5337}{(H8689)} my people{H5971} out of your hand{H3027}: and ye shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  therfore shall ye spie out nomore vanyte, ner prophecie youre owne gessinges: for I wil delyuer my people out of youre honde, that ye maye knowe, how that I am the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore ye shal see no more vanitie, nor diuine diuinatios: for I wil deliuer my people out of your hand, & ye shall know that I am ye Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore shall ye see no more vanitie, neither shall ye deuine diuinations, for I wyll deliuer my people out of your hande, that ye may knowe howe that I am the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Therefore, vanity ye do not see, And divination ye do not divine again, And I have delivered My people out of your hand, And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah!'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore ye shall no more see false visions, nor divine divinations: and I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  therefore ye shall no more see false visions, nor divine divinations: and I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this cause you will see no more foolish visions or make false use of secret arts: and I will make my people free from your power; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 13:21 : 21 I will also tear your veils and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be in your hand to be hunted; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 12:24 : 24 For there shall be no more any empty vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
• Mic 3:6 : 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
• Zech 13:3 : 3 And it shall come to pass that when anyone continues to prophesy, then his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall say to him, You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the LORD; and his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.
• Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
• Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to death.
• Ezek 34:10 : 10 Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
• Deut 18:20 : 20 But the prophet, who shall presume to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.
• Rev 13:5 : 5 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue for forty-two months.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 And all who dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Rev 15:2 : 2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who had gained victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
• Mark 13:22 : 22 For false Christs and false prophets will rise, and will show signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, even the elect.
• 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must also be heresies among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.
• 2 Tim 3:9 : 9 But they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifested to all, as theirs also was.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
• Ezek 13:6-9 : 6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, 'The LORD says'; but the LORD has not sent them. And they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. 7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, when you say, 'The LORD says it,' although I have not spoken? 8 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have spoken vanity and seen lies, behold, I am against you, says the Lord GOD. 9 My hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity and divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of my people, nor shall they be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 10 Because, indeed, they have seduced my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there was no peace; and one builds up a wall, and others daub it with untempered mortar. 11 Say to those who daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 12 Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?' 13 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: I will rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall and upon those who daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor are those who daubed it.' 16 This is concerning the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and see visions of peace for her, when there is no peace, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 14:8 : 8 And I will set my face against that man and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 15:7 : 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.