Ezekiel 4:17
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
becauseלְמַ֥עַן
(le·ma·'an)
4616: purpose, intentfrom anah
breadלֶ֣חֶם
(le·chem)
3899: bread, foodfrom lacham
and waterוָמָ֑יִם
(va·ma·yim;)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
will be scarce;יַחְסְר֖וּ
(yach·se·ru)
2637: to lack, need, be lacking, decreasea prim. root
and they will be appalledוְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙
(ve·na·sham·mu)
8074: to be desolated or appalleda prim. root
with oneאִ֣ישׁ
(ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
anotherוְאָחִ֔יו
(ve·'a·chiv,)
251: a brotherfrom an unused word
and waste awayוְנָמַ֖קּוּ
(ve·na·mak·ku)
4743: to decay, rot, fester, pine awaya prim. root
in their iniquity.בַּעֲוֹנָֽם׃
(ba·'a·vo·nam.)
5771: iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquityfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
That they may want
chacer  (khaw-sare')
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen -- be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
bread
lechem  (lekh'-em)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
and water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
and be astonied
shamem  (shaw-mame')
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
one
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
with another
'ach  (awkh)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
and consume away
maqaq  (maw-kak')
to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish -- consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away.
for their iniquity
`avon  (aw-vone')
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil -- fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
because bread and water will be scarce; and they will be appalled with one another and waste away in their iniquity.

King James Bible
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they will lack bread and water; everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity."

International Standard Version
Indeed, they'll need bread and water, but everyone will be panic-stricken as they waste away in their iniquity."

NET Bible
because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They will be shocked at the sight of each other because of the lack of food and water. They will waste away because of their sin."

King James 2000 Bible
That they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and waste away for their iniquity.
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