Ezekiel 22:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"You will profaneוְנִחַ֥לְתְּ
(ve·ni·chal·te)
2490c: to pollute, defile, profanea prim. root
yourself in the sightלְעֵינֵ֣י
(le·'ei·nei)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation
of the nations,גֹויִ֑ם
(go·v·yim;)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav
and you will knowוְיָדַ֖עַתְּ
(ve·ya·da·'at·te)
3045: to knowa prim. root
that I am the LORD."'"יְהוָֽה׃
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah


















KJV Lexicon
And thou shalt take thine inheritance
chalal  (khaw-lal')
to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening wedge) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

nachal  (naw-khal')
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
in thyself in the sight
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
of the heathen
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
and thou shalt know
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
that I am the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am the LORD."'"

King James Bible
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will be profaned in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am Yahweh."

International Standard Version
When you've been defiled in the sight of the nations, then you'll know that I am the LORD."'"

NET Bible
You will be profaned within yourself in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the LORD.'"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will be dishonored in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'"

King James 2000 Bible
And you shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
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