Ezekiel 4:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it with human dung in their sight.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעֻגַ֥ת שְׂעֹרִ֖ים תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑נָּה וְהִ֗יא בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙ צֵאַ֣ת הָֽאָדָ֔ם תְּעֻגֶ֖נָה לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-ʿugaṯ śᵊʿōrîm tōʾḵălennāh and-it with-gelᵊlê ṣēʾaṯ hāʾāḏām tᵊʿuḡennāh before-eyes-their

Grammar Details

• *ʿugaṯ*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - cake of
• *śᵊʿōrîm*: noun, feminine, plural - barley
• *tōʾḵălennāh*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - you will eat it
• *hîʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person, feminine, singular - it/she
• *gelᵊlê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - dung of
• *ṣēʾaṯ*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - excrement of
• *hāʾāḏām*: definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man/humanity
• *tᵊʿuḡennāh*: verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - you will prepare it
• *ʿênê*: noun, common, dual, construct - eyes of
• *hem*: pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they/them

Word Meanings

• *ʿugaṯ*: cake/bread cake/flat bread
• *gelᵊlê*: dung/excrement
• *ṣēʾaṯ*: excrement/waste
• *tᵊʿuḡennāh*: prepare it/bake it

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Eat it as you would a barley cake, baking it over human dung in their sight.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt eat{H398} it as barley{H8184} cakes,{H5692} and thou shalt bake{H5746} it in their sight{H5869} with dung{H1561} that cometh out{H6627} of man.{H120}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8799)} it as barley{H8184} cakes{H5692}, and thou shalt bake{H5746}{(H8799)} it with dung{H1561} that cometh out{H6627} of man{H120}, in their sight{H5869}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Barly cakes shalt thou eate, yet shalt thou first strake the ouer with mas donge, yt they maye se it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt eate it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in the dongue that commeth out of man, in their sight.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Barly cakes shalt thou eate, and them shalt thou bake in mans doung before their eyes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung -- the filth of man -- thou dost bake before their eyes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And let your food be barley cakes, cooking it before their eyes with the waste which comes out of a man.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement.”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 36:12 : 12 But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?
• Gen 18:6 : 6 And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.