Ezekiel 9:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זָקֵ֡ן בָּח֣וּר וּבְתוּלָה֩ וְטַ֨ף וְנָשִׁ֜ים תַּהַרְג֣וּ לְמַשְׁחִ֗ית וְעַל־כָּל־אִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־עָלָ֤יו הַתָּו֙ אַל־תִּגַּ֔שׁוּ וּמִמִּקְדָּשִׁ֖י תָּחֵ֑לּוּ וַיָּחֵ֙לּוּ֙ בָּאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הַזְּקֵנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֥י הַבָּֽיִת׃

Transliteration

zāqēn bāḥûr ûbĕtûlāh wĕṭap wĕnāšîm tahargû lĕmašḥît, and upon kol-ʾîš ʾăšer-ʿālāyw hattāw ʾal-tiggašû, and from miqdāšî tāḥēllû. And wayyāḥēllû with hāʾănāšîm hazzĕqēnîm ʾăšer lipnê habbāyit.

Grammar Details

• *zāqēn*: adjective, masculine singular - old man/elder
• *bāḥûr*: noun, masculine singular - young man
• *ûbĕtûlāh*: waw-conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and virgin/maiden
• *wĕṭap*: waw-conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and children/little ones
• *wĕnāšîm*: waw-conjunction + noun, feminine plural - and women
• *tahargû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall kill
• *lĕmašḥît*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to destruction/completely
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all/every
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him
• *hattāw*: definite article + noun, common singular - the mark
• *ʾal*: negative particle - do not
• *tiggašû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall approach/touch
• *miqdāšî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my sanctuary
• *tāḥēllû*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall begin
• *wayyāḥēllû*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they began
• *hāʾănāšîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the men
• *hazzĕqēnîm*: definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the elders/old men
• *lipnê*: preposition + noun, common plural construct - before/in front of
• *habbāyit*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the house/temple

Word Meanings

• *lĕmašḥît*: to destruction/completely/utterly
• *tāḥēllû*: you shall begin/you shall profane/you shall start

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  slay{H2026} utterly{H4889} the old{H2205} man, the young{H970} man and the virgin,{H1330} and little children{H2945} and women;{H802} but come not near{H5066} any man{H376} upon whom is the mark:{H8420} and begin{H2490} at my sanctuary.{H4720} Then they began{H2490} at the old{H2205} men{H582} that were before{H6440} the house.{H1004}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Slay{H2026}{(H8799)} utterly{H4889} old{H2205} and young{H970}, both maids{H1330}, and little children{H2945}, and women{H802}: but come not near{H5066}{(H8799)} any man{H376} upon whom is the mark{H8420}; and begin{H2490}{(H8686)} at my sanctuary{H4720}. Then they began{H2490}{(H8686)} at the ancient{H2205} men{H582} which were before{H6440} the house{H1004}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Kyll, & destroye both olde men and yonge, maydens, children, and wyues. But as for those, that haue this marck Thau vpo them: se that ye touch them not, and begynne at my Sanctuary. Then they begane at the elders, which were in the Temple,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Destroy vtterly the old, and the yong, and the maides, and the children, and the women, but touch no man, vpon whome is the marke, and begin at my Sanctuarie. Then they began at the Ancient men, which were before the house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Kyll and destroy both olde men and young, maydens, children, and women: but as for all those that haue the marke vpon them, see that ye touche them not, and begyn at my sanctuarie. Then they began at the auncient men which were before the house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which [were] before the house.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  aged, young man, and virgin, and infant, and women, ye do slay -- to destruction; and against any man on whom `is' the mark ye do not go nigh, and from My sanctuary ye begin.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

• World English Bible (2000)

  kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women– wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!” So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 36:17 : 17 Therefore, he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or young woman, old man, or aged; he gave them all into his hand.
• Jer 25:29 : 29 For, behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be completely unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.
• Rev 9:4 : 4 And it was commanded them that they should not harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
• Exod 12:23 : 23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
• Amos 3:2 : 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
• Luke 12:47 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
• Deut 2:34 : 34 And we took all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.
• 1 Sam 15:3 : 3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
• Deut 3:6 : 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon, king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
• Josh 2:18-19 : 18 Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household, home unto you. 19 And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
• Josh 6:17-25 : 17 And the city shall be accursed, it and all that are in it, to the LORD: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 And you, by all means keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed, when you take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword. 22 But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her. 23 And the young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had; and they brought out all her relatives, and left them outside the camp of Israel. 24 And they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the prostitute alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwells in Israel even to this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
• Ezek 8:5-9 : 5 Then he said to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. 6 He said furthermore to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations. 7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. 8 Then he said to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door. 9 And he said to me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. 10 So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall all around. 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. 12 Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the earth. 13 He said also to me, Turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations that they do. 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations than these. 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
• Ezek 11:1 : 1 Moreover, the spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD's house, which faces eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate were twenty-five men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
• 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
• Rev 7:3 : 3 Saying, Do not harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.
• Num 31:15-17 : 15 And Moses said to them, Have you kept all the women alive? 16 Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
• Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.