Ezekiel 21:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֥ה בֶן־אָדָ֖ם הֵֽאָנַ֑ח בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ וּבִמְרִיר֔וּת תֵּֽאָנַ֖ח לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-you ḇen-ʾāḏām hēʾānaḥ in-šiḇrôn māṯnayim and-in-mərîrûṯ tēʾānaḥ to-ʿênêhem.

Grammar Details

• *ḇen*: construct state, masculine singular - son of
• *ʾāḏām*: masculine singular - man/humanity
• *hēʾānaḥ*: niphal imperative masculine singular - sigh/groan
• *šiḇrôn*: masculine singular construct - breaking of
• *māṯnayim*: dual noun - loins/waist
• *mərîrûṯ*: feminine singular - bitterness
• *tēʾānaḥ*: niphal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall sigh/groan
• *ʿênêhem*: feminine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their eyes

Word Meanings

• *hēʾānaḥ*: sigh/groan/moan
• *šiḇrôn*: breaking/shattering/collapse
• *māṯnayim*: loins/waist/back
• *mərîrûṯ*: bitterness/grief/anguish
• *tēʾānaḥ*: sigh/groan/moan

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your heart and with bitterness. Sigh in their sight.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He hath put his swearde to ye dightinge, yt good holde maye be take of it. This swearde is sharpened & dight, yt it maye be geuen in to the honde of the manslayer.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he hath giuen it to be fourbished, that he may handle it: this sword is sharpe, & is fourbished, that he may giue it into ye hand of the slayer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He hath geuen it to be furbished, to holde it in the hande: this sworde is sharpened, and furbished, to geue it into the hande of the slayer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the killer.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he giveth it for polishing, For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened -- the sword -- and polished, To give it into the hand of a slayer.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the killer.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “‘He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand– the sword is sharpened, it is polished– giving it into the hand of the executioner.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 21:19 : 19 Also, son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both shall come forth out of one land: and choose a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
• 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 25:33 : 33 And at that day the slain of the LORD shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered nor buried; they shall be like dung upon the ground.
• Jer 51:20-23 : 20 You are my battle axe and weapons of war; for with you I will break in pieces the nations, and with you I will destroy kingdoms; 21 And with you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider; 22 With you also I will break in pieces man and woman; with you I will break in pieces old and young; and with you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden. 23 I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock; and with you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you I will break in pieces captains and rulers.