Ezekiel 21:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

Shall I cause it to return into its sheath? I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your birth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּה֙ חָלָ֣ל רָשָׁ֔ע נְשִׂ֖יא יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א יוֹמ֔וֹ בְּעֵ֖ת עֲוֺ֥ן קֵֽץ

Transliteration

wə-ʾattâ ḥālāl rāšāʿ nəśîʾ yiśrāʾēl ʾăšer-bāʾ yômô bəʿēt ʿăwōn qēṣ

Grammar Details

• *wə*-*ʾattâ*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - and you
• *ḥālāl*: noun, masculine singular - slain/pierced
• *rāšāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - wicked
• *nəśîʾ*: noun, masculine singular construct - prince of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾăšer*-*bāʾ*: relative pronoun + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - whose has come
• *yômô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his day
• *bəʿēt*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in the time of
• *ʿăwōn*: noun, masculine singular construct - iniquity of
• *qēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - end

Word Meanings

• *ḥālāl*: slain/pierced/fatally wounded
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked/guilty/criminal
• *nəśîʾ*: prince/ruler/leader
• *bāʾ*: come/arrived/approached
• *yômô*: his day/his time/his appointed time
• *bəʿēt*: in time of/at period of/during
• *ʿăwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment
• *qēṣ*: end/conclusion/termination

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, your day has come, the time of your final punishment.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Though it were put vp agayne into the sheath, yet will I punysh the, in the londe where thou wast norished & borne,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Shall I cause it to returne into his sheath? I will iudge thee in the place where thou wast created, euen in the land of thine habitation.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Shoulde I cause it to returne into his sheath? In the place where thou wast created, in the lande of thine habitation wyll I iudge thee:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Shall I cause [it] to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, will I judge you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Turn `it' back unto its scabbard, In the place where thou wast produced, In the land of thy birth I do judge thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, will I judge you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in your native land, I will judge you.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 16:38 : 38 And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give you blood in fury and jealousy.
• Jer 47:6-7 : 6 O sword of the LORD, how long until you be quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still. 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD has given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the seashore? There He has appointed it.
• Ezek 16:3-4 : 3 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem; Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite. 4 And as for your nativity, on the day you were born your navel was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
• Gen 15:14 : 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
• Ezek 21:4-5 : 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore.
• Ezek 28:13 : 13 You have been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tambourines and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created.
• Ezek 28:15 : 15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until iniquity was found in you.