King James Version

Ezekiel 7:23

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

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עֲשֵׂ֖הasehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “do”, a commandH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…הָֽרַתּ֑וֹקharatoqthe chainרַתּוֹקdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the chain”, the ordinary formH7569a chainchain.כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “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…הָאָ֗רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מָֽלְאָה֙maleahbe at an endמָלֵאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…מִשְׁפַּ֣טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…דָּמִ֔יםdamimblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.וְהָעִ֖ירvehairand the cityעִירconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.מָלְאָ֥הmaleahbe at an endמָלֵאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…חָמָֽסchamasviolenceחָמָסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “violence”, the ordinary formH2555violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gaincruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Young’s Literal Translation

Make the chain; for the land Hath been full of bloody judgments, And the city hath been full of violence.

World English Bible

“‘Make chains, for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Darby Translation

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Douay-Rheims

Make a shutting up: for the land is full of the judgment of blood, and the city is full of iniquity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they shall work uncleanness: because the land is full of strange nations, and the city is full of iniquity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ποιήσουσι φυρμόν· διότι ἡ γῆ πλήρης λαῶν, καὶ ἡ πόλις πλήρης ἀνομίας.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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