Ezekiel 2:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"But you shall speakוְדִבַּרְתָּ֤
(ve·dib·bar·ta)
1696: to speaka prim. root
My wordsדְּבָרַי֙
(de·va·rai)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
to them whetherאִֽם־
(im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
they listenיִשְׁמְע֖וּ
(yish·me·'u)
8085: to heara prim. root
orוְאִם־
(ve·'im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
not, for they are rebellious.מְרִ֖י
(me·ri)
4805: rebellionfrom marah


















KJV Lexicon
And thou shalt speak
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
my words
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
unto them whether they will hear
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
or whether they will forbear
chadal  (khaw-dal')
to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle -- cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
for they are most rebellious
mriy  (mer-ee')
bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious -- bitter, (most) rebel(-lion, -lious).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

King James Bible
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But speak My words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious."

International Standard Version
You are to tell them whatever I have to say to them, whether they listen or not, since they are rebellious."

NET Bible
You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Speak my words to them whether they listen or not, because they are rebellious.

King James 2000 Bible
And you shall speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they refuse: for they are most rebellious.
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