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 V3 V4 V5 V6 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 21:12) [fn] And_it_was if/because they_will_say to_you concerning what are_you groaning and_you_will_say because_of a_report if/because_that it_is_coming and_ every_of heart _it_will_melt and_ all_of hands _they_will_drop and_ every_of spirit _it_will_grow_faint and_all knees they_will_go water THERE it_is_coming and_it_will_happen the_utterance_of my_master YHWH.
21:12 Note: KJB: Ezek.21.7
OET (OET-RV) That’ll get the people asking you, ‘What are you groaning about?’ Then you’ll tell them, ‘Because of the news that’s coming, because every stomach will go tense and every hand will tremble. Breathing will become difficult, and every knee will turn to jelly. Listen, it’s coming, and that’s what it’ll be like. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration.’ ”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
(Occurrence 0) the news that is coming
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was that/for/because/then/when say to,you on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what you(ms) groaning and,you_will_say to/towards news that coming and,it_will_melt all/each/any/every heart and,they_will_drop all hands and,it_will_grow_faint all spirit and=all knees turn_to water see/lo/see! coming and,it_will_happen declares_of my=master GOD )
This speaks of the “news” as if it were a person that was soon coming to them. Alternate translation: [the news that they will soon hear]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) for every heart will faint away
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was that/for/because/then/when say to,you on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what you(ms) groaning and,you_will_say to/towards news that coming and,it_will_melt all/each/any/every heart and,they_will_drop all hands and,it_will_grow_faint all spirit and=all knees turn_to water see/lo/see! coming and,it_will_happen declares_of my=master GOD )
This speaks of people becoming afraid, as if their hearts were fainting. Also, this speaks of the people fainting as a result of fear. Alternate translation: [for everyone will become fearful] (See also: figs-metaphor)
(Occurrence 0) will falter
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was that/for/because/then/when say to,you on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what you(ms) groaning and,you_will_say to/towards news that coming and,it_will_melt all/each/any/every heart and,they_will_drop all hands and,it_will_grow_faint all spirit and=all knees turn_to water see/lo/see! coming and,it_will_happen declares_of my=master GOD )
Alternate translation: [will be weak]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) Every spirit will grow faint
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was that/for/because/then/when say to,you on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what you(ms) groaning and,you_will_say to/towards news that coming and,it_will_melt all/each/any/every heart and,they_will_drop all hands and,it_will_grow_faint all spirit and=all knees turn_to water see/lo/see! coming and,it_will_happen declares_of my=master GOD )
This speaks of people becoming fearful in their spirits as if their spirits were about to faint. Alternate translation: [Everyone will be fearful in their inner being]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
(Occurrence 0) every knee will flow like water
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was that/for/because/then/when say to,you on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what you(ms) groaning and,you_will_say to/towards news that coming and,it_will_melt all/each/any/every heart and,they_will_drop all hands and,it_will_grow_faint all spirit and=all knees turn_to water see/lo/see! coming and,it_will_happen declares_of my=master GOD )
“every knee will be as weak as water.” This is a euphemism for people being so afraid that they lose their bladder control and urinate on themselves. Alternate translation: [every leg will be wet with urine] or [everyone will lose control of their urine]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
(Occurrence 0) this is the Lord Yahweh’s declaration
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was that/for/because/then/when say to,you on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what you(ms) groaning and,you_will_say to/towards news that coming and,it_will_melt all/each/any/every heart and,they_will_drop all hands and,it_will_grow_faint all spirit and=all knees turn_to water see/lo/see! coming and,it_will_happen declares_of my=master GOD )
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 5:11. Alternate translation: [this is what the Lord Yahweh has declared] or [this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, have declared]
OET-LV (EZE 21:12) [fn] And_it_was if/because they_will_say to_you concerning what are_you groaning and_you_will_say because_of a_report if/because_that it_is_coming and_ every_of heart _it_will_melt and_ all_of hands _they_will_drop and_ every_of spirit _it_will_grow_faint and_all knees they_will_go water THERE it_is_coming and_it_will_happen the_utterance_of my_master YHWH.
21:12 Note: KJB: Ezek.21.7
OET (OET-RV) That’ll get the people asking you, ‘What are you groaning about?’ Then you’ll tell them, ‘Because of the news that’s coming, because every stomach will go tense and every hand will tremble. Breathing will become difficult, and every knee will turn to jelly. Listen, it’s coming, and that’s what it’ll be like. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration.’ ”
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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