Ezekiel 22:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"In you they have takenלָֽקְחוּ־
(la·ke·chu-)
3947: to takea prim. root
bribesשֹׁ֥חַד
(sho·chad)
7810: a present, bribefrom shachad
to shedשְׁפָךְ־
(she·fach-)
8210: to pour out, poura prim. root
blood;דָּ֑ם
(dam;)
1818: blooda prim. root
you have takenלָקַ֗חַתְּ
(la·ka·chat·te)
3947: to takea prim. root
interestנֶ֧שֶׁךְ
(ne·shech)
5392: interest, usuryfrom nashak
and profits,וְתַרְבִּ֣ית
(ve·tar·bit)
8636: increment, interest, usuryfrom rabah
and you have injuredוַתְּבַצְּעִ֤י
(vat·te·va·tze·'i)
1214: to cut off, break off, gain by violencea prim. root
your neighborsרֵעַ֙יִךְ֙
(re·'a·yich)
7453: friend, companion, fellowfrom raah
for gain 
 
1214: to cut off, break off, gain by violencea prim. root
by oppression,בַּעֹ֔שֶׁק
(ba·'o·shek,)
6233: oppression, extortionfrom ashaq
and you have forgottenשָׁכַ֔חַתְּ
(sha·cha·chat·te,)
7911: to forgeta prim. root
Me," declaresנְאֻ֖ם
(ne·'um)
5002: utterancefrom an unused word
the Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י
(a·do·nai)
136: Lordan emphatic form of adon
GOD. 
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah


















KJV Lexicon
In thee have they taken
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
gifts
shachad  (shakh'-ad)
a donation (venal or redemptive) -- bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
to shed
shaphak  (shaw-fak')
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out -- cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
blood
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
thou hast taken
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
usury
neshek  (neh'-shek)
interest on a debt -- usury.
and increase
tarbiyth  (tar-beeth')
multiplication, i.e. percentage or bonus in addition to principal -- increase, unjust gain.
and thou hast greedily gained
batsa`  (baw-tsah')
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop -- (be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
of thy neighbours
rea`  (ray'-ah)
an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other.
by extortion
`osheq  (o'-shek)
injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain -- cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing (deceitfully gotten).
and hast forgotten
shakach  (shaw-kakh')
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention -- at all, (cause to) forget.
me saith
n'um  (neh-oom')
an oracle -- (hath) said, saith.
the Lord
'Adonay  (ad-o-noy')
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) -- (my) Lord.
GOD
Yhovih  (yeh-ho-vee')
God.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me," declares the Lord GOD.

King James Bible
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors. You have forgotten Me." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD."

International Standard Version
They take bribes among you to shed blood. You've taken usury and exacted interest. You've gained control over your neighbor through extortion. And you've forgotten me," declares the Lord GOD.

NET Bible
They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Other people take bribes to murder people. You collect interest and make excessive profits. You make profits by mistreating your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Almighty LORD.

King James 2000 Bible
In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, says the Lord GOD.
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