KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Sigh” | הֵֽאָנַ֑ח | To sigh | Sigh |
| “therefore, thou” | וְאַתָּ֥ה | Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | therefore |
| “son” | בֶן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | son |
| “of man,” | אָדָ֖ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | man |
| “with the breaking” | בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן | Rupture, i.e., a pang; figuratively, ruin | breaking |
| “of loins;” | מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ | Properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins | loins |
| “thy” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and with bitterness” | וּבִמְרִיר֔וּת | Bitterness, i.e., (figuratively) grief | bitterness |
| “sigh” | תֵּֽאָנַ֖ח | To sigh | sigh |
| “before their eyes.” | לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | before eyes |
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4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
5 That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.
8 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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