Ezra 6:11
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Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
In other translations
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
Hebrew words
וּמִנִּיuminiand from meH4481שִׂיםsimit is madeH7761טְעֵםte'ema decreeH2942דִּיdithatH1768כָל־khol-everyH3606אֱנָשׁ'enashpersonH606דִּיdiwhoH1768יְהַשְׁנֵאyehashne'he will violateH8133פִּתְגָמָאpitgama'command theH6600דְנָהdenahthisH1836יִתְנְסַחyitnesachlet it be pulled awayH5256אָע'a'a beamH636מִן־min-fromH4481בַּיְתֵהּbaytehhouse hisH1005וּזְקִיףuzekifand [he will] be lifted upH2211יִתְמְחֵאyitmeche'let him be impaledH4223עֲלֹהִי'alohion itH5922וּבַיְתֵהּuvaytehand house hisH1005נְוָלוּnevalua refuse-heapH5122יִתְעֲבֵדyit'avedlet it be madeH5648עַל־'al-onH5922דְּנָה׃denahthisH1836
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Daniel 3:29Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
- Ezra 7:26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
- Daniel 2:5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
- 2 Kings 9:37And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
- 2 Kings 10:27And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.
- Esther 5:4And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
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