Ezekiel 18:3
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
KJV
Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, si erit ultra vobis parabola hæc in proverbium in Israël.
Vulgate
ζῶ ἐγώ, λέγει Κύριος, ἐὰν γένηται ἔτι λεγομένη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
ASV
חַי אָ֕נִי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֑ה אִם יִֽהְיֶ֨ה לָ/כֶ֜ם ע֗וֹד מְשֹׁ֛ל הַ/מָּשָׁ֥ל הַ/זֶּ֖ה בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי
nmshlty
verb · 15×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from his birth. Being full of love for man, and caring for our salvation, and desiring to stop the mouths of the foolish, He omits nothing of His own part, though there be none to give heed. And the Prophet knowing this says, That You might be justified when You speak, and be clear when You are judged. Psalm 51:4 Wherefore…
Cross-references
- Ezek 12:23 — Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every
- Ezek 18:19 — Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.