King James Version

Ezekiel 6:5

And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

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וְנָתַתִּ֗יvenatatiand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and give”, a completed action in a sequenceH5414to 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…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).פִּגְרֵי֙pigrecarcaseפֶּגֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “carcase”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6297a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous imagecarcase, corpse, dead body.בְּנֵ֣יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.לִפְנֵ֖יlifneto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑םgiluleyhemidolגִּלּוּלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “idol”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1544properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idolidol.וְזֵרִיתִי֙vezeritiand winnowזָרָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and winnow”, a completed action in a sequenceH2219to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnowcast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.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).עַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םatsmoteykhembodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.סְבִיב֖וֹתsevivotaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “about”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽםmizbechoteykhemaltarמִזְבֵּחַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “altar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4196an altaraltar.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will lay the carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Young’s Literal Translation

And put the carcases of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.

World English Bible

I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols. I will scatter your bones around your altars.

Darby Translation

and I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Douay-Rheims

And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before your idols: and I will scatter Sour bones round about your altars,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will lay the carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will scatter your bones round about your altars,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ διασκορπιῶ τὰ ὀστᾶ ὑμῶν κύκλῳ τῶν θυσιαστηρίων ὑμῶν,