Ezekiel 38:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֶֽעֱלֶה֙ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ פְּרָז֔וֹת אָבוֹא֙ הַשֹּׁ֣קְטִ֔ים יֹשְׁבֵ֖י לָבֶ֑טַח כֻּלָּ֗ם יֹֽשְׁבִים֙ בְּאֵ֣ין חוֹמָ֔ה וּבְרִ֥יחַ וּדְלָתַ֖יִם אֵ֥ין לָהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾāmartā, "I-will-go-up against-ʾereṣ pərāzôṯ, I-will-come-to haššōqəṭîm yōšḇê lāḇeṭaḥ, all-of-them yōšḇîm without ḥômâ, and-bərîaḥ û-dəlāṯayim not to-them"

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾāmartā*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with conjunction - and you will say
• *ʾeʿĕleh*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will go up/ascend
• *ʿal-ʾereṣ*: preposition with common noun, feminine singular - against a land
• *pərāzôṯ*: common noun, feminine plural - unwalled villages/open country
• *ʾāḇôʾ*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will come/enter
• *haššōqəṭîm*: qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - the quiet ones/peaceful ones
• *yōšḇê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - dwellers of/those who dwell
• *lāḇeṭaḥ*: preposition with common noun, masculine singular - in security/safety
• *kullām*: noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them
• *yōšḇîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - dwelling/sitting
• *bə-ʾên*: preposition with adverb of negation - without/with no
• *ḥômâ*: common noun, feminine singular - wall
• *û-ḇərîaḥ*: common noun, masculine singular with conjunction - and bar/bolt
• *û-dəlāṯayim*: common noun, feminine dual with conjunction - and doors/gates
• *ʾên*: adverb of negation - there is not
• *lāhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to/for them

Word Meanings

• *pərāzôṯ*: unwalled villages/open country/rural settlements
• *haššōqəṭîm*: the peaceful ones/those at ease/the quiet ones
• *lāḇeṭaḥ*: securely/safely/confidently/without fear

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will attack peaceful people who live securely—all of them living without walls, without gates and bars.’

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and saye: I wil vp to yonder playne londe, seinge they syt at ease, and dwell so safely (for they dwell all without eny walles, they haue nether barres nor dores)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt say, I wil go vp to the land that hath no walled towres: I will goe to them that are at rest, and dwell in safetie, which dwell all without walles, and haue neither barres nor gates,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And say, I will vp to the lande of vnwalled villages, I will go to them that be at rest, whiche dwell safely, all dwelling without walles, they haue neither barres nor gates:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou hast said: I go up against a land of unwalled villages, I go in to those at rest, dwelling confidently, All of them are dwelling without walls, And bar and doors they have not.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you will say, I will go up to the land of small unwalled towns; I will go to those who are quiet, living, all of them, without fear of danger, without walls or locks or doors:

• World English Bible (2000)

  and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You will say,“I will invade a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against those living quietly in security– all of them living without walls and barred gates–

Referenced Verses

• Zech 2:4-5 : 4 And said to him, 'Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls because of the multitude of people and cattle in it.' 5 For I, says the LORD, will be a wall of fire around her, and will be the glory in her midst.
• Rom 3:15 : 15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'
• Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• Judg 18:7 : 7 Then the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people that were there, how they dwelt securely like the Zidonians, quiet and secure, and there was no magistrate in the land to put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with anyone.
• Judg 18:27 : 27 And they took what Micah had made, and the priest he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.
• Ps 10:9 : 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
• Prov 1:11-16 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; 14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse," 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
• Prov 3:29-30 : 29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you. 30 Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
• Isa 37:24-25 : 24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir trees: and I will enter the height of its border, the forest of its Carmel. 25 I have dug, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
• Jer 49:31-32 : 31 Arise, go up to the wealthy nation, that dwells without care, says the LORD; which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. 32 And their camels shall be a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle a booty: and I will scatter to all winds those in the farthest corners, and I will bring their calamity from all sides, says the LORD.
• 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.