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Ezekiel 6:8

Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

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וְהוֹתַרְתִּ֗יvehotartiand excelיָתַרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and excel”, a completed action in a sequenceH3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserveexcel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.בִּהְי֥וֹתbihyotin beהָיָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “in be”, the to-form of the verbH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָכֶ֛םlakhemtoלָכֶ֛םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toפְּלִ֥יטֵיpeliteescapeפָּלִיטnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “escape”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6412a refugee(that have) escape(-d, -th), fugitive.חֶ֖רֶבcherevknifeחֶרֶבnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “knife”, the ordinary formH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.בַּגּוֹיִ֑םbagoyimin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.בְּהִזָּרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖םbehizaroteykhemin winnowזָרָהpreposition, verb, niphal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “in winnow”, the to-form of the verbH2219to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnowcast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.בָּאֲרָצֽוֹתbaaratsotin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have caused [some] to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.

World English Bible

“‘“Yet I will leave a remnant, in that you will have some that escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.

Darby Translation

Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some escaped from the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

Douay-Rheims

And I will leave in you some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when I shall have scattered you, through the countries.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

When there are some of you escaping from the sword among the Gentiles, and when ye are scattered in the countries;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐν τῷ γενέσθαι ἐξ ὑμῶν ἀνασωζομένους ἐκ ῥομφαίας ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐν τῷ διασκορπισμῷ ὑμῶν ἐν ταῖς χώραις,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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