Ezekiel 44:22 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEzekiel 44:22 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 →
וְאַלְמָנָה֙
ʼalmânâh
H490
widow
וּגְרוּשָׁ֔ה
gârash
H1644
to drive out
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִקְח֥וּ
lâqach
H3947
to take
לָהֶ֖ם
לְנָשִׁ֑ים
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
בְּתוּלֹ֗ת
bᵉthûwlâh
H1330
virgin
מִזֶּ֨רַע֙
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
בֵּ֣ית
bayith
H1004
house
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙
ʼalmânâh
H490
widow
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
אַלְמָנָ֔ה
ʼalmânâh
H490
widow
מִכֹּהֵ֖ן
kôhên
H3548
priest
יִקָּֽחוּ
lâqach
H3947
to take
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
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King James Version Public Domain
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
nor take a widow or a divorced woman as a wife for himself, but only a virgin from the line of the house of Israel or a widow who was previously married to a priest.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).