Ezekiel 34:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

Young's Literal Translation
The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

King James Bible
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

Hebrew
I will seek
אֲבַקֵּשׁ֙ (’ă·ḇaq·qêš)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

the lost,
הָאֹבֶ֤דֶת (hā·’ō·ḇe·ḏeṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

bring back
אָשִׁ֔יב (’ā·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

the strays,
הַנִּדַּ֣חַת (han·nid·da·ḥaṯ)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 5080: To impel, thrust, banish

bind up
אֶחֱבֹ֔שׁ (’e·ḥĕ·ḇōš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2280: To wrap firmly, to stop, to rule

the broken,
וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֣רֶת (wə·lan·niš·be·reṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

and strengthen
אֲחַזֵּ֑ק (’ă·ḥaz·zêq)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

the weak;
הַחוֹלָ֖ה (ha·ḥō·w·lāh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 2470: To be weak or sick

but the sleek
הַשְּׁמֵנָ֧ה (haš·šə·mê·nāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 8082: Greasy, gross, rich

and strong
הַחֲזָקָ֛ה (ha·ḥă·zā·qāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2389: Strong, stout, mighty

I will destroy.
אַשְׁמִ֖יד (’aš·mîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed

I will shepherd them
אֶרְעֶ֥נָּה (’er·‘en·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

with justice.’
בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (ḇə·miš·pāṭ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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