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Ezekiel 13:4

O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.

KJV

Quasi vulpes in desertis prophetæ tui, Israël, erant.

Vulgate

ὡς ἀλώπεκες ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις οἱ προφῆταί σου, Ἰσραήλ·

LXX

O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.

ASV

כְּ/שֻׁעָלִ֖ים בָּ/חֳרָב֑וֹת נְבִיאֶ֥י/ךָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הָיֽוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חָרְב֥וֹת
chrbvt
noun · 42×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
שֻׁעָלִ֖ים
sh'lym
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Luke 13:32 — And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
  • Rev 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These
  • Song 2:15 — Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.