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Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

KJV

Principes ejus in medio illius quasi lupi rapientes prædam ad effundendum sanguinem, et ad perdendas animas, et avare ad sectanda lucra.

Vulgate

οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῆς ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ὡς λύκοι ἁρπάζοντες ἁρπάγματα τοῦ ἐκχέαι αἷμα, ὅπως πλεονεξίᾳ πλεονεκτῶσιν.

LXX

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

ASV

שָׂרֶ֣י/הָ בְ/קִרְבָּ֔/הּ כִּ/זְאֵבִ֖ים טֹ֣רְפֵי טָ֑רֶף לִ/שְׁפָּךְ דָּם֙ לְ/אַבֵּ֣ד נְפָשׁ֔וֹת לְמַ֖עַן בְּצֹ֥עַ בָּֽצַע

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֑צַע
bts'
noun · 23×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
זְאֵבִ֖ים
z'bym
noun · 7×
טָ֑רֶף
trp
noun · 22×
טָרֹ֥ף
trp
verb · 25×
י
y
noun · 752×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
ם
m
verb · 183×
נִי
ny
verb · 16×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
  • Ezek 11:6 — Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
  • Ezek 22:3 — Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
  • Ezek 22:6 — Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
  • Ezek 22:6 — Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
  • Ezek 22:13 — Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
  • Ezek 22:13 — Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
  • Ezek 24:6 — Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
  • Ezek 33:25 — Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
  • Ezek 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth
  • Ezek 45:8 — In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
  • Ezek 46:18 — Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people b
  • Gen 49:27 — Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
  • Isa 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
  • Jer 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: becau
  • Jer 8:10 — Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unt
  • Jer 41:7 — And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.
  • Luke 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
  • Matt 7:15 — Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
  • Mic 3:2 — Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
  • Ps 58:2 — Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
  • Ps 94:21 — They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
  • Rom 13:4 — For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him