Ezekiel 14:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֛וֹ דֶּ֥בֶר אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֑יא וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֨י חֲמָתִ֤י עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ בְּדָ֔ם לְהַכְרִ֥ית מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃

Transliteration

Or deḇer ʾăšallaḥ to-the-hā-ʾāreṣ the-hahîʾ and-wə-šāp̄aktî ḥămāṯî upon-it with-bə-ḏām to-ləhakrîṯ from-it ʾāḏām and-ḇəhēmāh.

Grammar Details

• *deḇer*: masculine singular - pestilence
• *ʾăšallaḥ*: piel imperfect, 1st common singular - I will send
• *hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular - the land
• *hahîʾ*: demonstrative adjective with definite article - that
• *wə-šāp̄aktî*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will pour out
• *ḥămāṯî*: feminine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my wrath
• *bə-ḏām*: preposition + masculine singular - with blood
• *ləhakrîṯ*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to cut off
• *ʾāḏām*: masculine singular - man/mankind
• *ḇəhēmāh*: feminine singular - beast/cattle

Word Meanings

• *deḇer*: pestilence/plague/disease
• *ʾăšallaḥ*: send/dispatch/release
• *šāp̄aktî*: pour out/spill/shed
• *ḥămāṯî*: my wrath/my fury/my anger
• *bə-ḏām*: with blood/in bloodshed/by slaughter
• *ləhakrîṯ*: to cut off/to destroy/to eliminate

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath upon it in bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf I sende a pestilence in to the londe, and poure out my sore indignacion vpon it in bloude, so that I rote out of it both man and beest,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Or if I send a pestilence into this land, and powre out my wrath vpon it in blood, to destroy out of it man and beast,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If I sende a pestilence into this lande, and powre out my sore indignation vppon it in blood, so that I roote out of it both man and beast,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Or [if] I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Or -- pestilence I send unto that land, and I have poured out My fury against it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 38:22 : 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.
• 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 7:8 : 8 Now I will shortly pour out my fury upon you, and accomplish my anger upon you; and I will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations.
• 2 Sam 24:15 : 15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beersheba.
• Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
• Jer 21:6 : 6 And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
• Jer 21:9 : 9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.
• Jer 24:10 : 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.
• Num 14:12 : 12 I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
• Num 16:46-50 : 46 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire in it from the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly to the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague has begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague had begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now those that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died concerning the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
• Deut 28:21-22 : 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cling unto you, until He has consumed you from off the land, where you go to possess it. 22 The LORD shall strike you with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.
• Deut 28:59-61 : 59 Then the LORD will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover He will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they shall cling to you. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon you, until you are destroyed.
• 2 Sam 24:13 : 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider, and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.
• 1 Kgs 8:37 : 37 If there is in the land famine, if there is pestilence, blight, mildew, locust, or if there is caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is;
• 2 Chr 6:28 : 28 If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is:
• 2 Chr 7:13 : 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people;
• 2 Chr 20:9 : 9 If disaster comes upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and in Your presence (for Your name is in this house) and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save us.
• Ps 91:3 : 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
• Ps 91:6 : 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.
• Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and struck down in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
• Ezek 36:18 : 18 Therefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols with which they had polluted it:
• Amos 4:10 : 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men I have slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camps to come up to your nostrils: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.
• Matt 24:7 : 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
• Rev 16:3-6 : 3 And the second angel poured out his bowl upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man, and every living soul died in the sea. 4 And the third angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, who are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.