Ezekiel 16:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEzekiel 16:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֞
ʼâmar
H559
to say
כֹּה
kôh
H3541
thus
אָמַ֨ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲדֹנָ֤י
ʼĂdônây
H136
lord
יְהוִה֙
Yᵉhôvih
H3069
LORD
לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
H3389
Jerusalem
מְכֹרֹתַ֨יִךְ֙
mᵉkûwrâh
H4351
origin
וּמֹ֣לְדֹתַ֔יִךְ
môwledeth
H4138
offspring
מֵאֶ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י
Kᵉnaʻanîy
H3669
Canaanite
אָבִ֥יךְ
ʼâb
H1
father
הָאֱמֹרִ֖י
ʼĔmôrîy
H567
Amorite
וְאִמֵּ֥ךְ
ʼêm
H517
mother
חִתִּֽית
Chittîy
H2850
Hittite
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World English Bible Public Domain
and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem: Your birth and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite.
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King James Version Public Domain
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and declare, ‘The Lord Yahweh says this to Jerusalem: Your beginning and your birth took place in the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).