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Ezekiel 11:2

Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

KJV

Dixitque ad me : Fili hominis, hi sunt viri qui cogitant iniquitatem, et tractant consilium pessimum in urbe ista,

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς μέ Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, οὗτοι οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ λογιζόμενοι μάταια καὶ βουλευόμενοι βουλὴν πονηρὰν ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ·

LXX

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city;

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑/י בֶּן אָדָ֕ם אֵ֣לֶּה הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֞ים הַ/חֹשְׁבִ֥ים אָ֛וֶן וְ/הַ/יֹּעֲצִ֥ים עֲצַת רָ֖ע בָּ/עִ֥יר הַ/זֹּֽאת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים
nv'tsym
verb · 79×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
  • Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Jer 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.
  • Mic 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.
  • Ps 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
  • Ps 21:11 — For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
  • Ps 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.