King James Version

Ezekiel 47:11

But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

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בצאתוvtstvmireבִּצָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “mire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1207a swampfen, mire(-ry place).בִּצֹּאתָ֧יוbitsotayvmireבִּצָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “mire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1207a swampfen, mire(-ry place).וּגְבָאָ֛יוugevaayvand marishגֶּבֶאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and marish”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1360a reservoir; by analogy, a marshmarish, pit.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…יֵרָפְא֖וּyerafevcureרָפָאverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cure”, an unfinished actionH7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to curecure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, [idiom] thoroughly, make whole. See H7503 (רָפָה).לְמֶ֥לַחlemelachto saltמֶלַחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to salt”, the ordinary formH4417properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)salt(-pit).נִתָּֽנוּnitanvgiveנָתַןverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

Young’s Literal Translation

Its miry and its marshy places — they are not healed; to salt they have been given up.

World English Bible

But its swamps and marshes will not be healed. They will be given up to salt.

Darby Translation

But its marshes and its pools shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

Douay-Rheims

But on the shore thereof, and in the fenny places they shall not be healed, because they shall be turned into saltpits.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But at the outlet of the water, and the turn of it, and where it overflows its banks , they shall not heal at all; they are given to salt.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐν τῇ διεκβολῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῇ ὑπεράρσει αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ ὑγιάσωσιν, εἰς ἅλας δέδονται.