English Standard Version
Ezekiel 22:9
9There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
Ezekiel 22:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
- New International Version (NIV)In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.
- New Living Translation (NLT)People accuse others falsely and send them to their death. You are filled with idol worshipers and people who do obscene things.
Context of Ezekiel 22:9
7Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you. 8You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths. There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst. 10In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity. 11One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 22:9 word by word
אַנְשֵׁ֥י רָכִ֛יל הָ֥יוּ בָ֖ךְ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁפָךְ־דָּ֑ם וְאֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ אָ֣כְלוּ בָ֔ךְ זִמָּ֖ה עָשׂ֥וּ בְתוֹכֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In thee are menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- that carry talesרָכִילrâkîyl · slanderH7400
- to shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
- bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- and in thee they eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- upon the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- of thee they commitעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- lewdnessזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:9
- Exodus 20:16"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1"You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
- Leviticus 19:16You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
- 1 Kings 21:10And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."
- Psalms 50:20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
- Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
- Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
- Proverbs 18:8The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
- Proverbs 26:22The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
- Jeremiah 6:28They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.
- Jeremiah 9:4Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
- Jeremiah 37:13When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans."
- Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, "Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm."
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
- Acts 6:11Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
- Acts 24:5For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9In thee are men that carry tales - Witnesses that will swear any thing, even where life is concerned. They eat upon the mountains - Sacrifice to idols, and celebrate their festivals.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-12The charges against the people of Judah and their leaders came from God's law, especially from Leviticus 18–20; 25:1–55. Israel's many sins showed a failure to honor and trust the Lord and his commands. This unfaithfulness to their covenant with the Lord could lead to only one outcome: The people of Israel would face the covenant curses (Deuteronomy 8:19–20; 28:15–68).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. men that carry tales--informers, who by misrepresentations cause innocent blood to be shed (Le 19:16). Literally, "one who goes to and fro as a merchant."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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