Ezekiel 9:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and strike: let not your eye spare, neither have any pity:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אָמַ֣ר בְּאָזְנַ֔י עִבְר֥וּ בָעִ֛יר אַחֲרָ֖יו וְהַכּ֑וּ *על־**אַל־תָּחֹ֥ס *עיניכם **עֵינְכֶ֖ם וְאַל־תַּחְמֹֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

And ûlĕʾēlleh ʾāmar in ʾoznay, ʿibrû bāʿîr ʾaḥărāyw wĕhakkû, ʾal-tāḥōs ʿênkem wĕʾaltaḥmōlû.

Grammar Details

• *ûlĕʾēlleh*: waw-conjunction + preposition + demonstrative pronoun, common plural - and to these
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *ʾoznay*: noun, feminine dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - my ears
• *ʿibrû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - pass through/cross over
• *bāʿîr*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the city
• *ʾaḥărāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - after him
• *wĕhakkû*: waw-conjunction + hiphil imperative, masculine plural - and strike/smite
• *ʾal*: negative particle - do not
• *tāḥōs*: qal imperfect jussive, 3rd feminine singular - let it spare
• *ʿênkem*: noun, feminine dual construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your eyes
• *wĕʾaltaḥmōlû*: waw-conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - and do not have pity

Word Meanings

• *tāḥōs*: let it spare/let it show pity
• *taḥmōlû*: have pity/show compassion/spare

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  To the others, he said in my hearing, 'Pass through the city after him and strike down. Do not let your eye spare, and do not show pity.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And to the others{H428} he said{H559} in my hearing,{H241} Go{H5674} ye through the city{H5892} after{H310} him, and smite:{H5221} let not your eye{H5869} spare,{H2347} neither have ye pity;{H2550}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And to the others{H428} he said{H559}{(H8804)} in mine hearing{H241}, Go{H5674}{(H8798)} ye after{H310} him through the city{H5892}, and smite{H5221}{(H8685)}: let not your eye{H5869} spare{H2347}{(H8799)}, neither have ye pity{H2550}{(H8799)}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And to the other, he sayde that I might heare: Go ye after him thorow the cite, slaye, ouersee none, spare none:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And to the other he said, that I might heare, Goe ye after him through the citie, and smite: let your eye spare none, neither haue pitie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And to the other he sayd, that I might here, Go ye after hym through the citie, and sinite, let your eye spare none, neither haue ye any pitie:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  To the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have you pity;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And to the others he said in mine ears, `Pass on into the city after him, and smite; your eye doth not pity, nor do ye spare;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And to these he said in my hearing, Go through the town after him using your axes: do not let your eyes have mercy, and have no pity:

• World English Bible (2000)

  To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have pity;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  While I listened, he said to the others,“Go through the city after him and strike people down; do not let your eye pity nor spare anyone!

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 5:11 : 11 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD; Surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, nor will I have any pity.
• Ezek 7:4 : 4 And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity: but I will repay your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 7:9 : 9 And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways and your abominations that are in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.
• Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore I will also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
• Ezek 9:10 : 10 And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
• Ezek 24:14 : 14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your deeds, they shall judge you, says the Lord GOD.
• Exod 32:27 : 27 He said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"
• Num 25:7-8 : 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.
• Deut 32:39-42 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: nor is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live forever. 41 If I sharpen my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward those who hate me. 42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenge upon the enemy.
• 1 Sam 9:15 : 15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
• 1 Kgs 18:40 : 40 And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
• Isa 5:9 : 9 In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Truly many houses shall be desolate, even great and beautiful, without inhabitant.
• Isa 22:14 : 14 And it was revealed in my ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord GOD of hosts.