Ezekiel 17:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַי־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ אִם־לֹ֗א בִּמְקוֹם֙ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַמַּמְלִ֣יךְ אֹת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּזָה֙ אֶת־אָ֣לָת֔וֹ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵפֵ֖ר אֶת־בְּרִית֑וֹ אִתּ֥וֹ בְתוֹךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל יָמֽוּת׃

Transliteration

ḥay-ʾānî nəʾum ʾădōnāy YHWH if-not in məqôm the melek the mammlîk him whom bāzâ ʾet-ʾālātô and whom hēpēr ʾet-bərîtô with him in midst-Bābel yāmût

Grammar Details

• *ḥay*: adjective, masculine singular - living/alive
• *ʾānî*: personal pronoun, 1st common singular - I
• *nəʾum*: noun, masculine singular construct - declaration of
• *ʾădōnāy*: divine title - Lord/Master
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *məqôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - place of
• *melek*: definite noun, masculine singular - king
• *mammlîk*: definite hiphil participle masculine singular - causing to reign/making king
• *bāzâ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - despised/disdained
• *ʾālātô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his oath
• *hēpēr*: hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - broke/violated
• *bərîtô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his covenant
• *Bābel*: proper noun - Babylon
• *yāmût*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will die

Word Meanings

• *ḥay*: living/alive (formula for oath - 'as I live')
• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
• *məqôm*: place/location/residence
• *mammlîk*: making king/enthroning/causing to reign
• *bāzâ*: despised/disdained/held in contempt

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, in the place where the king who made him king resides—whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—there in Babylon he will die.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} surely in the place{H4725} where the king{H4428} dwelleth that made him king,{H4427} whose oath{H423} he despised,{H959} and whose covenant{H1285} he brake,{H6565} even with him in the midst{H8432} of Babylon{H894} he shall die.{H4191}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  As I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, surely in the place{H4725} where the king{H4428} dwelleth that made him king{H4427}{(H8688)}, whose oath{H423} he despised{H959}{(H8804)}, and whose covenant{H1285} he brake{H6565}{(H8689)}, even with him in the midst{H8432} of Babylon{H894} he shall die{H4191}{(H8799)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As truly as I lyue, saieth the LORDE God: He shal dye at Babilon, in ye place where the kinge dwelleth, that made him kinge: whose ooth he hath despised, and whose couenaunt he hat broken.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As I liue, saith the Lord God, he shall die in the middes of Babel, in the place of the King, that had made him King, whose othe he despised, and whose couenant made with him, he brake.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God, he shall dye at Babylon in the place where the kyng dwelleth that made hym kyng, whose othe he hath despised, and whose couenaunt he hath broken.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place [where] the king [dwelleth] that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, [even] with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not -- in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him -- in the midst of Babylon -- die?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, surely in the city of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke– in the middle of Babylon he will die!

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 12:13 : 13 My net also I will spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.
• Jer 52:11 : 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
• Jer 39:7 : 7 Moreover, he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon.
• Ezek 16:59 : 59 For thus says the Lord GOD; I will even deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
• Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on this side; and everyone who swears shall be cut off according to it on that side. 4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.
• Exod 8:2 : 2 And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will strike all your borders with frogs:
• Exod 20:7 : 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
• Num 30:2 : 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
• Josh 9:20 : 20 This we will do to them; we will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath we swore to them.
• 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites; and the Israelites had sworn to them. Yet Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for Israel and Judah.)
• 2 Kgs 24:17 : 17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
• Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised; but he honors those who fear the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt, and does not change.
• Jer 32:4-5 : 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and his eyes shall see his eyes; 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him, says the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.
• Ezek 17:13 : 13 And has taken of the king's seed and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath from him: he has also taken the mighty of the land:
• Ezek 17:18-19 : 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand and has done all these things, he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken, I will recompense on his own head.
• Hos 10:4 : 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up as poison in the furrows of the field.
• Jer 34:3-5 : 3 And you shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be captured and delivered into his hand; and your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you face to face, and you shall go to Babylon. 4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus says the LORD concerning you, You shall not die by the sword. 5 But you shall die in peace; and as with the burning of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they burn incense for you; and they will lament for you, saying, Alas, lord! for I have pronounced the word, says the LORD.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
• Rom 1:31 : 31 Undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection, unmerciful:
• 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 For fornicators, for those who defile themselves with mankind, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
• 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those who are good,
• Ezek 17:10 : 10 Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew.