Skip to main content

Ezekiel 3:5

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

KJV

Non enim ad populum profundi sermonis et ignotæ linguæ tu mitteris ad domum Israël :

Vulgate

διότι οὐ πρὸς λαὸν βαθύγλωσσον σὺ ἐξαποστέλλῃ, πρὸς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ,

LXX

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

ASV

כִּ֡י לֹא֩ אֶל עַ֨ם עִמְקֵ֥י שָׂפָ֛ה וְ/כִבְדֵ֥י לָשׁ֖וֹן אַתָּ֣ה שָׁל֑וּחַ אֶל בֵּ֖ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
י
y
noun · 1849×
י
y
noun · 177×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּבֵ֥ד
kbd
adjective · 39×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 116×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עִמְקֵ֤י
'mqy
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 33:19 — Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
  • Isa 33:19 — Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
  • Isa 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Jonah 1:2 — Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
  • Jonah 1:2 — Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.