King James Version

Ezekiel 39:10

So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

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וְלֹֽאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and 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…יִשְׂא֨וּyisvlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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…עֵצִ֜יםetsimtreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַשָּׂדֶ֗הhasadehthe fieldשָׂדֶהdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.וְלֹ֤אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and 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…יַחְטְבוּ֙yachtevvpolishחָטַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “polish”, an unfinished actionH2404to chop or carve woodcut down, hew(-er), polish.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַיְּעָרִ֔יםhayarimthe combיַעַרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the comb”, the ordinary formH3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)(honey-) comb, forest, wood.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “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…בַנֶּ֖שֶׁקvanesheqin armed menנֶשֶׁקpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in armed men”, the ordinary formH5402military equipment, i.e. (collectively) arms (offensive or defensive), or (concretely) an arsenalarmed men, armour(-y), battle, harness, weapon.יְבַֽעֲרוּyevaarvbe brutishבָּעַרverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be brutish”, an unfinished 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.אֵ֑שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.וְשָׁלְל֣וּveshalelvand make self a preyשָׁלַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and make self a prey”, a completed action in a sequenceH7997to drop or strip; by implication, to plunderlet fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “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).שֹׁלְלֵיהֶ֗םsholeleyhemmake self a preyשָׁלַלverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “make self a prey”, a verb used as a describing wordH7997to drop or strip; by implication, to plunderlet fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.וּבָֽזְזוּ֙uvazezvand catchבָּזַזconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and catch”, a completed action in a sequenceH962to plundercatch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “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).בֹּ֣זְזֵיהֶ֔םbozezeyhemcatchבָּזַזverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “catch”, a verb used as a describing wordH962to plundercatch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.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)

so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests, for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall plunder those that plundered them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they do not take wood out of the field, Nor do they hew out of the forests, For with armour they cause the fire to burn, And they have spoiled their spoilers, And they have plundered their plunderers, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

World English Bible

so that they will take no wood out of the field, and not cut down any out of the forests; for they will make fires with the weapons. They will plunder those who plundered them, and rob those who robbed them,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Darby Translation

And no wood shall be taken out of the field, neither cut down out of the forests; for they shall make fire with the weapons; and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and plunder those that plundered them, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall not bring wood out of the countries, nor cut down out of the forests: for they shall burn the weapons with fire, and shall make a prey of them to whom they had been a prey, and they shall rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they shall not take any wood out of the field, neither shall they cut any out of the forests, but they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall plunder those that plundered them, and spoil those that spoiled them, saith the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ οὐ μὴ λάβωσι ξύλα ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου, οὐδὲ μὴ κόψωσιν ἐκ τῶν δρυμῶν, ἀλλʼ ἢ τὰ ὅπλα κατακαύσουσι πυρί· καὶ προνομεύσουσι τοὺς προνομεύσαντας αὐτοὺς, καὶ σκυλεύσουσι τοὺς σκυλεύσαντας αὐτοὺς, λέγει Κύριος.