Ezekiel 14:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Sword, pass through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֛וֹ חֶ֥רֶב אָבִ֖יא עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֑יא וְאָמַרְתִּ֗י חֶ֚רֶב תַּעֲבֹ֣ר בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃

Transliteration

Or ḥereḇ ʾāḇîʾ upon-the-hā-ʾāreṣ the-hahîʾ and-wə-ʾāmartî ḥereḇ taʿăḇōr in-the-bā-ʾāreṣ and-wə-hikrattî from-it ʾāḏām and-ḇəhēmāh.

Grammar Details

• *ḥereḇ*: feminine singular - sword
• *ʾāḇîʾ*: hiphil imperfect, 1st common singular - I will bring
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular - the land
• *hahîʾ*: demonstrative adjective with definite article - that
• *wə-ʾāmartî*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will say
• *taʿăḇōr*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - let pass through
• *bā-ʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular - in the land
• *wə-hikrattî*: waw consecutive + hiphil perfect, 1st common singular - and I will cut off
• *ʾāḏām*: masculine singular - man/mankind
• *ḇəhēmāh*: feminine singular - beast/cattle

Word Meanings

• *ḥereḇ*: sword/warfare/violence
• *ʾāḇîʾ*: bring/cause to come/introduce
• *taʿăḇōr*: pass through/go through/traverse
• *hikrattî*: cut off/destroy/remove

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through the land,' and I cut off from it both man and beast,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or if I bring{H935} a sword{H2719} upon that land,{H776} and say,{H559} Sword,{H2719} go through{H5674} the land;{H776} so that I cut off{H3772} from it man{H120} and beast;{H929}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or if I bring{H935}{(H8686)} a sword{H2719} upon that land{H776}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Sword{H2719}, go through{H5674}{(H8799)} the land{H776}; so that I cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} man{H120} and beast{H929} from it:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Or, yf I bringe a swearde in to the londe, and charge it to go thorow the londe: so that I slaye downe man and beest in it,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Or if I bring a sworde vpon this land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I destroy man and beast out of it,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Or if I bryng a sworde vpon this lande, and say, sworde go through the lande, so that I slay downe man and beast in it,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Or -- a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say,‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:25 : 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
• Ezek 21:3-4 : 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
• Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part of you shall die with pestilence, and with famine they shall be consumed in your midst: and a third part shall fall by the sword around you; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
• Ezek 25:13 : 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
• Zeph 1:3 : 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks along with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the land, says the LORD.
• Jer 47:6 : 6 O sword of the LORD, how long until you be quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still.
• Ezek 14:13 : 13 Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it;
• Ezek 21:9-9 : 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished: 10 It is sharpened to make a great slaughter; it is polished that it may glitter: should we then rejoice? it despises the rod of my son, as every tree. 11 And he has given it to be polished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors of the sword shall be upon my people: strike therefore upon your thigh. 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword despises even the rod? it shall be no more, says the Lord GOD. 14 You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which enters into their private chambers. 15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
• Ezek 5:17 : 17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword upon you. I the LORD have spoken it.
• Jer 25:9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
• Jer 33:12 : 12 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall be a habitation for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
• Ezek 29:8 : 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and cut off man and beast from you.
• Ezek 38:21-22 : 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, says the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
• Hos 4:3 : 3 Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; yes, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.