NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Seeingya`an (yah'-an) heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause then that I will cut off karath (kaw-rath') to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant from thee the righteous tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') just -- just, lawful, righteous (man). and the wicked rasha` (raw-shaw') morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. therefore shall my sword chereb (kheh'-reb) drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement -- axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool. go forth yatsa' (yaw-tsaw') to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. out of his sheath ta`ar (tah'-ar) a knife or razor (as making bare): also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. empty) -- (pen-)knife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath. against all flesh basar (baw-sawr') flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin. from the south negeb (neh'-gheb) the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine) -- south (country, side, -ward). to the north tsaphown (tsaw-fone') hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) -- north(-ern, side, -ward, wind). Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. King James Bible Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: Holman Christian Standard Bible Since I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north. International Standard Version Since I'm going to kill both the righteous and the wicked among you, I'll be unsheathing my sword against everyone from south to north. NET Bible Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone from the south to the north. GOD'S WORD® Translation I'm going to kill the righteous people and the wicked people among you. That is why my sword will come out of its scabbard to be used against everyone from the south to the north. King James 2000 Bible Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: Links Ezekiel 21:4Ezekiel 21:4 NIV Ezekiel 21:4 NLT Ezekiel 21:4 ESV Ezekiel 21:4 NASB Ezekiel 21:4 KJV |