King James Version

Ezekiel 44:8

And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

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וְלֹ֥אveloand 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…שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖םshemartembewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “beward”, a completed actionH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶתmishmeretor to be keptמִשְׁמֶרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “or to be kept”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4931watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or partycharge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.קָדָשָׁ֑יqadashayconsecratedקֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “consecrated”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.וַתְּשִׂימ֗וּןvatsimunand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…לְשֹׁמְרֵ֧יleshomereto bewardשָׁמַרpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct — “to beward”, a verb used as a describing wordH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֛יmishmartior to be keptמִשְׁמֶרֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “or to be kept”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4931watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or partycharge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.בְּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖יbemiqdashiin sanctuaryמִקְדָּשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in sanctuary”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4720a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylumchapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.לָכֶֽםlakhemtoלָכֶֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And ye have not kept the charge of My holy things; but ye have set keepers of My charge in My sanctuary to please yourselves.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Young’s Literal Translation

and ye have not kept the charge of My holy things, and ye set [them] for keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for you.

World English Bible

You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”

Darby Translation

And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Douay-Rheims

And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And ye have not kept the charge of My holy things; but ye have set keepers of My charge in My sanctuary to please yourselves.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and ye appointed others to keep the charges in my sanctuary.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ διετάξατε τοῦ φυλάσσειν φυλακὰς ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις μου.