InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Eze C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48
Eze 21 V1 V2 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV (EZE 21:8) [fn] And_you_will_say to_the_land_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) thus YHWH he_says HERE_I am_against_you and_I_will_bring_out sword_of_my from_sheath_of_its and_I_will_cut_off from_you the_righteous and_the_wicked.
21:8 Note: KJB: Ezek.21.3
OET (OET-RV) Tell Yisrael that Yahweh says this: Listen, I’m against you. I’ll draw my sword from its sheath to kill both the righteous and the wicked among you.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous person and the wicked person from you
(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_say to,the_land_of Yisrael thus he/it_had_said YHWH here,I [am]_against,you and,I_will_bring_out sword_of,my from,sheath_of,its and,I_will_cut_off from,you law-abiding/just and_[the],wicked )
This speaks of Yahweh causing these people to die as if he actually killed them with his own sword. Alternate translation: [I am opposed to you, and it will be as though I pull my sword from its sheath to kill both the righteous and the wicked people among you]
(Occurrence 0) the righteous person and the wicked person
(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_say to,the_land_of Yisrael thus he/it_had_said YHWH here,I [am]_against,you and,I_will_bring_out sword_of,my from,sheath_of,its and,I_will_cut_off from,you law-abiding/just and_[the],wicked )
“righteous people and wicked people.” This refers to multiple people, not just one righteous person and one wicked person.
(Occurrence 0) sheath
(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_say to,the_land_of Yisrael thus he/it_had_said YHWH here,I [am]_against,you and,I_will_bring_out sword_of,my from,sheath_of,its and,I_will_cut_off from,you law-abiding/just and_[the],wicked )
something that holds and covers a sword when no one is using it
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
(Occurrence 0) cut off
(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_say to,the_land_of Yisrael thus he/it_had_said YHWH here,I [am]_against,you and,I_will_bring_out sword_of,my from,sheath_of,its and,I_will_cut_off from,you law-abiding/just and_[the],wicked )
This is a euphemism that means to kill. Alternate translation: [kill]
OET-LV (EZE 21:8) [fn] And_you_will_say to_the_land_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) thus YHWH he_says HERE_I am_against_you and_I_will_bring_out sword_of_my from_sheath_of_its and_I_will_cut_off from_you the_righteous and_the_wicked.
21:8 Note: KJB: Ezek.21.3
OET (OET-RV) Tell Yisrael that Yahweh says this: Listen, I’m against you. I’ll draw my sword from its sheath to kill both the righteous and the wicked among you.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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