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Ezekiel 33:26

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

KJV

stetistis in gladiis vestris, fecistis abominationes, et unusquisque uxorem proximi sui polluit : et terram hæreditate possidebitis ?

Vulgate

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?

ASV

עֲמַדְתֶּ֤ם עַֽל חַרְבְּ/כֶם֙ עֲשִׂיתֶ֣ן תּוֹעֵבָ֔ה וְ/אִ֛ישׁ אֶת אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖/הוּ טִמֵּאתֶ֑ם וְ/הָ/אָ֖רֶץ תִּירָֽשׁוּ

Hebrew

You stood on your swords, you have committed abominations, and every one hath defiled his neighbours wife; and shall you possess the land by inheritance?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
טָמֵ֥א
tm'
verb · 162×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tv'bt
noun · 118×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 27:40 — And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
  • Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Zeph 3:3 — Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.