Ezekiel 22 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 22:6 in other translations

BSBSee how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
WEB“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
ASVBehold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
YLTLo, princes of Israel--each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.
DARBYBehold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.
BBESee, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
WebsterBehold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

What does Ezekiel 22:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Rather, "The princes ... each according to his power, were in thee, to shed blood" (as if this was the only object of their existence). "Power," literally, "arm"; they, who ought to have been patterns of justice, made their own arm of might their only law.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Behold, the princes - Ye are a vile and murderous people, and your princes have been of the same character. Like people, like prince.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 22:1-16

The sins of Jerusalem. (Ezek 22:1-16) Israel is condemned as dross. (Ezek 22:17-22) As the corruption is general, so shall be the punishment. (Ezek 22:23-31) Verses 1-16 The prophet is to judge the bloody city; the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called, because of her crimes. The sins which Jerusalem stands charged with, are exceeding sinful. Murder, idolatry, disobedience to parents, oppression and extortion…

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Ezekiel 22:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִנֵּה֙hi.Nehhere!H2009
נְשִׂיאֵ֣יne.si.'Ei[the] princes ofH5387
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אִ֥ישׁ'isheachH376
לִזְרֹע֖וֹliz.ro.'Oto strength hisH2220
הָ֣יוּHa.yuthey have beenH1961
בָ֑ךְVakhin you
לְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616
שְׁפָךְ\־she.fokh-to shedH8210
דָּֽם\׃DambloodH1818

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Cross references for Ezekiel 22:6

  • Isaiah 1:23

    Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

  • Ezekiel 22:27

    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

  • Jeremiah 5:5

    I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

  • Zechariah 3:3

    Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

  • Micah 3:9-11

    Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

  • Micah 3:1-3

    And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

  • Daniel 9:8

    O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

  • Jeremiah 32:32

    Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Nehemiah 9:34

    Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

  • Jeremiah 2:26-27

    As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

  • Micah 2:1

    Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the princes.
27; Ne 9:34; Isa 1:23; Jer 2:26,27; 5:5; 32:32; Da 9:8
Mic 3:1-3,9-11; Zec 3:3
power. Heb. arm.
Mic 2:1

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Context

  • Ezekiel 22:5

    Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

  • Ezekiel 22:6

    Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

  • Ezekiel 22:7

    In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

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Ezekiel 22:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí que los príncipes de Israel, cada uno según su poder, fueron en ti para derramar sangre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, les princes d’Israël étaient au-dedans de toi pour verser le sang, chacun selon son pouvoir.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, in dir waren die Fürsten Israels, ein jeder nach seiner Kraft, um Blut zu vergießen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce principes Israël singuli in brachio suo fuerunt in te, ad effundendum sanguinem.