King James Version
Ezekiel 14:1 in the King James Version says “Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.”
Ezekiel 14:1 · KJV
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“certain”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“unto me and sat”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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