God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 22:9
9Some of your people slander. They want to kill people. People who live in you eat food sacrificed to idols at the worship sites on the hills, and they sin sexually.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.
Context of Ezekiel 22:9
7People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you. 8You have despised my holy things and dishonored the day to worship me. Some of your people slander. They want to kill people. People who live in you eat food sacrificed to idols at the worship sites on the hills, and they sin sexually. 10Men have sex with their father’s wives. They have sex with women when the women are having their periods and are unclean. 11Men do disgusting things with their neighbors’ wives. Some men sexually dishonor their daughters-in-law. Other men who live in you have sex with their sisters, their father’s daughters.
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“Never lie when you testify about your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Never spread false rumors. Don’t join forces with wicked people by giving false testimony.
- Leviticus 19:16Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor’s life. I am the Lord.
- 1 Kings 21:10Have two good-for-nothing men sit opposite him and accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then stone him to death outside the city.”
- Psalms 50:20You sit and talk against your own brother. You slander your own mother’s son.
- Psalms 101:5I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.
- Proverbs 10:18Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips. Whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are swallowed greedily, and they go down into a person’s innermost being.
- Proverbs 26:22The words of a gossip are swallowed greedily, and they go down into a person’s innermost being.
- Jeremiah 6:28They are all vicious rebels. They go around slandering. They are all like bronze and iron. They corrupt themselves.
- Jeremiah 9:4“Beware of your neighbors. Don’t trust your relatives. Every relative cheats. Every neighbor goes around slandering.
- Jeremiah 37:13But when he came to Benjamin Gate, the captain of the guard there, whose name was Irijah, son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah, arrested the prophet Jeremiah. He said, “You’re deserting to the Babylonians!”
- Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, “Have this man put to death. He discourages the soldiers who are left in this city and all the people by telling them such things. This man is not trying to help these people; he’s trying to hurt them.”
- Matthew 26:59The chief priests and the whole council were searching for false testimony to use against Jesus in order to execute him.
- Acts 6:11Then they bribed some men to lie. These men said, “We heard him slander Moses and God.”
- Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a troublemaker. He starts quarrels among all Jews throughout the world. He’s a ringleader of the Nazarene sect.
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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