King James Version

Ezekiel 20:48

And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Ezekiel 21:4.

וְרָאוּ֙veravand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and see”, a completed action in a sequenceH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, 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).בָּשָׂ֔רbasarbodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “body”, the ordinary formH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.כִּ֛יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֲנִ֥יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בִּֽעַרְתִּ֑יהָbiartihabe brutishבָּעַרverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be brutish”, a completed actionH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.לֹ֖אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תִּכְבֶּֽהtikhbehquenchכָּבָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “quench”, an unfinished actionH3518to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)go (put) out, quench.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(21-4) And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

Young’s Literal Translation

And seen have all flesh, that I, Jehovah, have kindled it — it is not quenched.'

World English Bible

All flesh will see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it. It will not be quenched.”’”

Darby Translation

And all flesh shall see that I Jehovah have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

Douay-Rheims

And all flesh shall see, that I the Lord have kindled it, and it shall not be quenched.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(21-4) And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And all flesh shall know that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπιγνώσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ, ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριος ἐξέκαυσα αὐτὸ, οὐ σβεσθήσεται.