Ezekiel 39:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּשַׂ֤ר גִּבּוֹרִים֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ וְדַם־נְשִׂיאֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ תִּשְׁתּ֑וּ אֵילִ֨ים כָּרִ֤ים וְעַתּוּדִים֙ פָּרִ֔ים מְרִיאֵ֥י בָשָׁ֖ן כֻּלָּֽם

Transliteration

bəśar of gibbôrîm you shall tōʾkēlû, and dam of nəśîʾê of the ʾāreṣ you shall tištû: ʾêlîm, kārîm, and ʿattûdîm, pārîm, mərîʾê of bāšān all of them

Grammar Details

• *bəśar*: noun, masculine singular construct - flesh of
• *gibbôrîm*: adjective, masculine plural - mighty ones/warriors
• *tōʾkēlû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will eat
• *dam*: noun, masculine singular construct - blood of
• *nəśîʾê*: noun, masculine plural construct - princes/chiefs of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the land/earth
• *tištû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will drink
• *ʾêlîm*: noun, masculine plural - rams
• *kārîm*: noun, masculine plural - young rams/lambs
• *ʿattûdîm*: noun, masculine plural - male goats/he-goats
• *pārîm*: noun, masculine plural - bulls/young bulls
• *mərîʾê*: noun, masculine plural construct - fatlings of
• *bāšān*: proper noun - Bashan

Word Meanings

• *gibbôrîm*: mighty ones/warriors/heroes
• *nəśîʾê*: princes/chiefs/rulers/leaders
• *mərîʾê*: fatlings/fattened animals

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You shall eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ye shall eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of the mighty,{H1368} and drink{H8354} the blood{H1818} of the princes{H5387} of the earth,{H776} of rams,{H352} of lambs,{H3733} and of goats,{H6260} of bullocks,{H6499} all of them fatlings{H4806} of Bashan.{H1316}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} the flesh{H1320} of the mighty{H1368}, and drink{H8354}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818} of the princes{H5387} of the earth{H776}, of rams{H352}, of lambs{H3733}, and of goats{H6260}, of bullocks{H6499}, all of them fatlings{H4806} of Bashan{H1316}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye shal eate ye flesh of the worthies, and drynke the bloude of the prynces of the londe: of the wethers, of the lambes, of the goates, and of the oxen that be all slayne at Basan.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ye shall eate the flesh of the valiant, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of the weathers, of the lambes, and of the goates, and of bullockes, euen of all fat beastes of Bashan.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye shall eate the fleshe of the valiaunt, and drinke the blood of the princes of the land, of the rammes, of the weathers, of the goates, and of the bullockes, that be all fed at Basan.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Flesh of the mighty ye do eat, And blood of princes of the earth ye drink, Of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, Of calves, fatlings of Bashan -- all of them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The flesh of the men of war will be your food, and your drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of sheep and lambs, of he-goats, of oxen, all of them fat beasts of Bashan.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth– the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:12 : 12 Many bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
• Jer 51:40 : 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with goats.
• Ezek 29:5 : 5 And I will leave you thrown into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall upon the open fields; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given you as food to the beasts of the field and to the birds of the sky.
• Jer 50:27 : 27 Slay all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
• Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, 'Bring, and let us drink.'
• Rev 19:17-18 : 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather together for the supper of the great God; 18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.
• Rev 19:21 : 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him who sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
• Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter of cattle, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and you drank the pure blood of the grape.
• Ezek 34:8 : 8 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock;
• Ezek 34:17 : 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the goats.
• Ps 68:30 : 30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till everyone submits himself with pieces of silver: scatter those who delight in war.
• Isa 34:7 : 7 And the wild oxen shall come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
• Jer 50:11 : 11 Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, O you destroyers of my heritage, because you have grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow like bulls;