Ezekiel 21:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דֶּ֣רֶךְ תָּשִׂ֔ים לָב֣וֹא חֶ֔רֶב אֵ֖ת רַבַּ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־עַמּ֑וֹן וְאֶת־יְהוּדָ֥ה בִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּצוּרָֽה

Transliteration

derek tāśîm lābôʾ ḥereb ʾēt rabbat bənê-ʿammôn wə-ʾet-yəhûdâ bîrûšālaim bəṣûrâ

Grammar Details

• *derek*: noun, feminine singular - way/road
• *tāśîm*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will set
• *lābôʾ*: qal infinitive construct + preposition - for the coming of
• *ḥereb*: noun, feminine singular - sword
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *rabbat*: noun, feminine singular construct - Rabbah of
• *bənê*-*ʿammôn*: construct phrase - sons of Ammon
• *wə*-*ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
• *bîrûšālaim*: preposition + proper noun - in Jerusalem
• *bəṣûrâ*: preposition + feminine singular adjective - fortified

Word Meanings

• *derek*: way/road/path
• *tāśîm*: you will set/you will place/you will appoint
• *lābôʾ*: to come/for coming/to enter
• *ḥereb*: sword/warfare/destruction
• *rabbat*: Rabbah (capital city)/great city of
• *bənê*-*ʿammôn*: sons of Ammon/Ammonites
• *bəṣûrâ*: fortified/strong/inaccessible

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Mark out a road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites and against Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou, O deadly{H2491} wounded wicked{H7563} one, the prince{H5387} of Israel,{H3478} whose day{H3117} is come,{H935} in the time{H3117} of the iniquity{H5771} of the end,{H7093}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou, profane{H2491} wicked{H7563} prince{H5387} of Israel{H3478}, whose day{H3117} is come{H935}{(H8804)}, when{H6256} iniquity{H5771} shall have an end{H7093},

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  O thou shameful wicked gyde of Israel, whose daye is come: euen the tyme that wickednesse shall haue an ende:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou prince of Israel polluted, and wicked, whose day is come, when iniquitie shall haue an ende,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  O thou shamefull wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, euen when wickednesse shall haue an ende,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou, wounded, wicked one, Prince of Israel, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;

• World English Bible (2000)

  You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “‘As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 35:5 : 5 Because you have had a perpetual hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
• 2 Chr 36:13 : 13 And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart from turning to the LORD God of Israel.
• Jer 52:2 : 2 And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
• Ezek 17:19 : 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.
• Ezek 21:29 : 29 While they see vanity to you, while they divine a lie to you, to bring you upon the necks of the slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
• Ezek 30:3 : 3 For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it will be the time of the nations.
• Ezek 7:6 : 6 An end has come, the end has come; it watches for you; behold, it has come.
• Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
• Ps 9:5-6 : 5 You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. 6 O enemy, destructions are finished forever; and you have destroyed cities; their memory has perished with them.
• Jer 24:8 : 8 And as for the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus says the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the rest of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt:
• Jer 51:13 : 13 You who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.