King James Version

Ezekiel 16:54

That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

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לְמַ֨עַן֙lemaanthatמַעַןpreposition — “that”H4616properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order thatbecause of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.תִּשְׂאִ֣יtisilift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְkhelimatekheconfusionכְּלִמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “confusion”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3639disgraceconfusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.וְנִכְלַ֕מְתְּvenikhlamteand blushכָּלַםconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and blush”, a completed action in a sequenceH3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insultbe (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.מִכֹּ֖לmikolfrom allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from all”, the ordinary formH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אֲשֶׁ֣רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…עָשִׂ֑יתasitdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…בְּנַחֲמֵ֖ךְbenachamekhein comfortנָחַםpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “in comfort”, the to-form of the verbH5162properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).אֹתָֽןotanobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

Young’s Literal Translation

So that thou dost bear thy shame, And hast been ashamed of all that thou hast done, In thy comforting them.

World English Bible

that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.

Darby Translation

that thou mayest bear thy confusion, and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done, in that thou comfortest them.

Douay-Rheims

That thou mayest bear thy shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, comforting them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

that thou mayest bear thy punishment, and be dishonoured for all that thou hast done in provoking me to anger.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅπως κομίσῃ τὴν βάσανόν σου, καὶ ἀτιμωθήσῃ ἐκ πάντων ὧν ἐποίησας ἐν τῷ παροργίσαι με.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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