Ezekiel 20:41

KJV1611 – Modern English

I will accept you with your sweet aroma, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹחַ֮ אֶרְצֶ֣ה אֶתְכֶם֒ בְּהוֹצִיאִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ מִן־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם מִן־הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְפֹצֹתֶ֖ם בָּ֑ם וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֥י בָכֶ֖ם לְעֵינֵ֥י הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

Transliteration

bərêaḥ nîḥōaḥ ʾerṣeh ʾeṯḵem bəhôṣîʾî ʾeṯḵem min-hāʿammîm wəqibbaṣtî ʾeṯḵem min-hāʾărāṣôṯ ʾăšer nəp̄ōṣōṯem bām wəniqḏaštî ḇāḵem ləʿênê haggôyim

Grammar Details

• *bərêaḥ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - with fragrance of
• *nîḥōaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - soothing/pleasing
• *ʾerṣeh*: qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will accept/be pleased with
• *ʾeṯḵem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
• *bəhôṣîʾî*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct + 1st singular suffix - when I bring out
• *min*: preposition - from
• *hāʿammîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the peoples
• *wəqibbaṣtî*: conjunction + piel perfect, 1st singular - and I will gather
• *hāʾărāṣôṯ*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the lands/countries
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/where
• *nəp̄ōṣōṯem*: niphal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you were scattered
• *bām*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them
• *wəniqḏaštî*: conjunction + niphal perfect, 1st singular - and I will be sanctified
• *ḇāḵem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - among you
• *ləʿênê*: preposition + noun, feminine dual construct - before eyes of
• *haggôyim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the nations

Word Meanings

• *bərêaḥ* *nîḥōaḥ*: with a pleasing aroma/with a soothing fragrance/with a sweet smell
• *ʾerṣeh*: I will accept/I will be pleased with/I will favor
• *bəhôṣîʾî*: when I bring out/when I lead out/when I extract
• *hāʿammîm*: the peoples/the nations/the populations
• *wəqibbaṣtî*: and I will gather/and I will collect/and I will assemble
• *nəp̄ōṣōṯem*: you were scattered/you were dispersed/you were spread
• *wəniqḏaštî*: and I will be sanctified/and I will be shown holy/and I will be hallowed
• *ləʿênê*: before the eyes of/in the sight of/in view of

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  With a pleasing aroma, I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you were scattered. And I will show my holiness through you in the sight of the nations.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil accepte youre swete sauoure, when I bringe you from the nacions, and gather you together out of the londes, wherin ye be scatred: that I maye be halowed in you before the Heithen,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I will accept your sweete sauour, when I bring you from the people, and gather you out of the countreys, wherein ye haue bene scattered, that I may be sanctified in you before ye heathen.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I wyll accept your sweete sauour, when I bryng you from the nations, & gather you together out of the landes wherin ye haue ben scattered, that I may be halowed in you before the heathen.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  With sweet fragrance I do accept you, In My bringing you out from the peoples, And I have assembled you from the lands In which ye have been scattered, And I have been sanctified in you Before the eyes of the nations.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I will take pleasure in you as in a sweet smell, when I take you out from the peoples and get you together from the countries where you have been sent in flight; and I will make myself holy in you before the eyes of the nations.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As a pleasant aroma will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, I will accept you along with your soothing aroma. I will display my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 28:25 : 25 Thus says the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
• Ezek 11:17 : 17 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
• Isa 5:16 : 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God who is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
• Isa 27:12-13 : 12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river to the stream of Egypt, and you shall be gathered one by one, O children of Israel. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
• Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 28:22 : 22 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
• Ezek 39:27-29 : 27 When I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who caused them to be led into captivity among the nations: but I have gathered them to their own land, and will leave none of them anymore there. 29 Neither will I hide my face anymore from them, for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord GOD.
• Amos 9:14 : 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them.
• Obad 1:17-21 : 17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall kindle them and devour them, and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken. 19 Those of the South shall possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the plain the Philistines; they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria, and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 The captives of this host of the children of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the South. 21 Then deliverers shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
• Mic 7:12-16 : 12 In that day also he shall come to you from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. 13 Yet the land shall be desolate because of those who dwell in it, for the fruit of their doings. 14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, who dwell solitarily in the woodland, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15 According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show him marvelous things. 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
• Luke 2:14 : 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
• Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
• 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
• Jer 23:3 : 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their folds, and they shall be fruitful and increase.
• Jer 30:3 : 3 For behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says the LORD, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
• Jer 30:18 : 18 Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be rebuilt on its own ruins, and the palace shall remain as it used to be.
• Jer 32:37 : 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
• Ezek 6:13 : 13 Then shall you know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet aroma to all their idols.
• Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
• Lev 1:9 : 9 But its entrails and its legs shall he wash with water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
• Lev 1:13 : 13 But he shall wash the entrails and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
• Lev 1:17 : 17 And he shall split it at its wings, but shall not divide it completely: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, on the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord spoke, saying, 'I will be sanctified in those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.' And Aaron remained silent.
• Isa 11:11-16 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who are left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up a sign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13 The envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim. 14 But they shall swoop down upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; together they shall plunder the people of the east: they shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the River, and shall strike it in the seven streams, and make men cross over dry-shod. 16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, who are left, from Assyria, as it was for Israel in the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 20:28 : 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provoking of their offering: there also they made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings.
• Ezek 34:19 : 19 And as for my flock, they eat what you have trodden with your feet; and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.
• Ezek 36:23-24 : 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
• Ezek 38:8 : 8 After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have always been waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.