King James Version

Ezra 4:15

That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

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דִּ֡יdithatדִּיconjunction — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.יְבַקַּר֩yevaqarinquireבְּקַרverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “inquire”, an unfinished actionH1240{properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider}inquire, make search.בִּֽסְפַרbisfarin bookסְפַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in book”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5609a bookbook, roll.דָּכְרָ֨נַיָּ֜אdakheranayarecordדִּכְרוֹןnoun, common, masculine, plural, determined, definite article — “record”, the definite formH1799a registerrecord.דִּ֣יdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְavahatakhefatherאַבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2{father}father.וּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּחutehashkachand findשְׁכַחconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and find”, an unfinished actionH7912to discover (literally or figuratively)find.בִּסְפַ֣רbisfarin bookסְפַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in book”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5609a bookbook, roll.דָּכְרָנַיָּא֮dakheranayarecordדִּכְרוֹןnoun, common, masculine, plural, determined, definite article — “record”, the definite formH1799a registerrecord.וְתִנְדַּע֒vetindaand knowיְדַעconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and know”, an unfinished actionH3046{to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)}certify, know, make known, teach.דִּי֩dithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.קִרְיְתָ֨אqiryetacityקִרְיָאnoun, common, feminine, singular, determined, definite article — “city”, the definite formH7149{building; a city}city.דָ֜ךְdakhethisדֵּךְpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H1791thisthe same, this.קִרְיָ֣אqiryacityקִרְיָאnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “city”, the ordinary formH7149{building; a city}city.מָֽרָדָ֗אmaradarebelliousמָרָדadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “rebellious”, the ordinary formH4779rebelliousrebellious.וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤תumehanzeqatand have damageנְזַקconjunction, verb, hiphil, participle, construct — “and have damage”, a verb used as a describing wordH5142to suffer (causatively, inflict) losshave (en-) damage, hurt(-ful).מַלְכִין֙malkhinkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4430a kingking, royal.וּמְדִנָ֔ןumedinanand provinceמְדִינָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and province”, the ordinary formH4083{properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region}province.וְאֶשְׁתַּדּוּר֙veeshtadurand seditionאֶשְׁתַּדּוּרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and sedition”, the ordinary formH849rebellionsedition.עָבְדִ֣יןavedindoעֲבַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH5648to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.[idiom] cut, do, execute, go on, make, move, work.בְּגַוַּ֔הּbegavahin midstגַּוpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in midst”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1459the middlemidst, same, there-(where-) in.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.יוֹמָ֖תyomatdayיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “day”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3118a dayday (by day), time.עָלְמָ֑אalemafor everעָלַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “for ever”, the definite formH5957remote time, i.e. the future or past indefinitely; often adverb, foreverfor (n-)ever (lasting), old.עַ֨לalagainstעַלpreposition — “against”H5922{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why with.דְּנָ֔הdenahthisדֵּןpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “this”H1836this(afore-) time, [phrase] after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), [phrase] thus, where(-fore), which.קִרְיְתָ֥אqiryetacityקִרְיָאnoun, common, feminine, singular, determined, definite article — “city”, the definite formH7149{building; a city}city.דָ֖ךְdakhethisדֵּךְpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H1791thisthe same, this.הָֽחָרְבַֽתhacharevatdestroyחֲרַבverb, hophal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH2718to demolishdestroy.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers; so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

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American Standard Version (1901)

that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

Young’s Literal Translation

so that he doth seek in the book of the records of thy fathers, and thou dost find in the book of the records, and dost know, that this city [is] a rebellious city, and causing loss [to] kings and provinces, and makers of sedition [are] in its midst from the days of old, therefore hath this city been wasted.

World English Bible

that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have started rebellions within it in the past. That is why this city was destroyed.

Darby Translation

that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed.

Douay-Rheims

That search may be made in the books of the histories of thy fathers, and thou shalt find written in the records: and shalt know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to the kings and provinces, and that wars were raised therein of old time: for which cause also the city was destroyed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

that examination may be made in thy fathers' book of record; and thou shalt find, and thou shalt know that that city is rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the midst of it from very old time refuges for runaway slaves: therefore this city has been made desolate.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἵνα ἐπισκέψηται ἐν βίβλῳ ὑπομνηματισμοῦ τῶν πατέρων σου, καὶ εὑρήσεις, καὶ γνώσῃ, ὅτι ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη πόλις ἀποστάτις, καὶ κακοποιοῦσα βασιλεῖς καὶ χώρας, καὶ φυγαδείαι δούλων γίνονται ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ ἡμερῶν αἰῶνος, διὰ ταῦτα ἡ πόλις αὕτη ἠρημώθη.