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Ezekiel 11:3

Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

KJV

dicentes : Nonne dudum ædificatæ sunt domus ? hæc est lebes, nos autem carnes.

Vulgate

οἱ λέγοντες Οὐχὶ προσφάτως οἰκοδόμηνται αἱ οἰκίαι; αὕτη ἐστὶν ὁ λέβης, ἡμεῖς δὲ τὰ κρέα.

LXX

that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

ASV

הָ/אֹ֣מְרִ֔ים לֹ֥א בְ/קָר֖וֹב בְּנ֣וֹת בָּתִּ֑ים הִ֣יא הַ/סִּ֔יר וַ/אֲנַ֖חְנוּ הַ/בָּשָֽׂר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
סִּ֔יר
syr
noun · 34×
קָר֥וֹב
qrvb
adjective · 75×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 3:4 — And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
  • Ezek 11:11 — This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
  • Ezek 12:22 — Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
  • Ezek 12:22 — Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
  • Ezek 12:27 — Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
  • Ezek 24:3 — And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
  • Jer 1:13 — And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
  • Mic 3:3 — 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.