King James Version
Ezekiel 14:17 in the King James Version says “Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:”
Ezekiel 14:17 · KJV
If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: spoil: or, bereave
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. in it: Heb. in the midst of it
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
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“Sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“Sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
“go through”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“so that I cut off”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
“and beast”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
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