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Execution of the Idolaters

Ezekiel 9:5

In 11 translations

BSB
And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
KJV
¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:mine hearing: Heb. mine ears
WEB
To the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him, and strike. Don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity.
ASV
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
LSV
And to the others he said in my ears, “Pass on into the city after him, and strike; your eye does not pity, nor do you spare;
YLT
And to the others he said in mine ears, 'Pass on into the city after him, and smite; your eye doth not pity, nor do ye spare;
DBY
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have pity.
DRC
And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye moved with pity.
GNV
And to the other he said, that I might heare, Goe ye after him through the citie, and smite: let your eye spare none, neither haue pitie.
JPS
And to the others He said in my hearing: 'Go ye through the city after him, and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
LXXE
And he said to the first in my hearing, Go after him into the city, and smite: and let not your eyes spare, and have no mercy.

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  • Written (Ketiv): עַל (“on”). Read aloud (Qere): אַל (“not”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
  • Written (Ketiv): עֵינֵיכֶם (“eyes your”). Read aloud (Qere): עֵינְכֶ֖ם (“eye your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Leningrad Codex reads עַל־; read aloud (Qere) reads אַל (“not”).
  • Leningrad Codex reads עֵינְיכֶ֖ם; read aloud (Qere) reads עֵינְכֶ֖ם (“eye your”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וּלְאֵ֨לֶּה֙ אָמַ֣ר בְּאָזְנַ֔י עִבְר֥וּ בָעִ֛יר אַחֲרָ֖יו וְהַכּ֑וּ על־תָּחֹ֥ס עיניכם וְאַל־תַּחְמֹֽלוּ׃Read aloud as (qere): אַלRead aloud as (qere): עֵינְכֶ֖ם
LXX-Br
Καὶ τούτοις εἶπεν ἀκούοντός μου, πορεύεσθε ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ κόπτετε, καὶ μὴ φείδεσθε τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑμῶν, καὶ μὴ ἐλεήσητε.

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  • Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will…
  • 1 Samuel 9:15Now on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,
  • Ezekiel 24:14I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
  • Ezekiel 7:9I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.
  • Ezekiel 7:4I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
  • 1 Kings 18:40Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
  • Isaiah 5:9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
  • Deuteronomy 32:39–42See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live…
  • Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
  • Isaiah 22:14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  • Ezekiel 9:10But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
  • Exodus 32:27He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his…
  • Numbers 25:7–8On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand, followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the…

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