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Ezekiel 11:8

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

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חֶ֖רֶבcherevknifeחֶרֶבnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “knife”, the ordinary formH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.יְרֵאתֶ֑םyeretemfearיָרֵאverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “fear”, a completed actionH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).וְחֶ֨רֶב֙vecherevand knifeחֶרֶבconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and knife”, the ordinary formH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.אָבִ֣יאavito comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…עֲלֵיכֶ֔םaleykhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…נְאֻ֖םneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.אֲדֹנָ֥יadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.יְהוִֽהyehviGodיְהֹוִהnoun, proper name — “God”H3069{YHWH}God.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ye have feared the sword; and the sword will I bring upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

World English Bible

You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Darby Translation

Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, saith the Lord God.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ye have feared the sword; and the sword will I bring upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ye fear the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ῥομφαίαν φοβεῖσθε, καὶ ῥομφαίαν ἐπάξω ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς, λέγει Κύριος.