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Ezekiel 33:24

Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

KJV

Fili hominis, qui habitant in ruinosis his super humum Israël, loquentes aiunt : Unus erat Abraham, et hæreditate possedit terram : nos autem multi sumus : nobis data est terra in possessionem.

Vulgate

Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὰς ἠρημωμένας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ λέγουσιν Εἷς ἦν Ἀβραὰμ καὶ κατέσχεν τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἡμεῖς πλείους ἐσμέν, ἡμῖν δέδοται ἡ γῆ εἰς κατάσχεσιν.

LXX

Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

ASV

בֶּן אָדָ֗ם יֹ֠שְׁבֵי הֶ/חֳרָב֨וֹת הָ/אֵ֜לֶּה עַל אַדְמַ֤ת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֹמְרִ֣ים לֵ/אמֹ֔ר אֶחָד֙ הָיָ֣ה אַבְרָהָ֔ם וַ/יִּירַ֖שׁ אֶת הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וַ/אֲנַ֣חְנוּ רַבִּ֔ים לָ֛/נוּ נִתְּנָ֥ה הָ/אָ֖רֶץ לְ/מוֹרָשָֽׁה

Hebrew

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People Abraham

In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
חָרְב֥וֹת
chrbvt
noun · 42×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מוֹרָשָׁ֖ה
mvrshh
noun · 9×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
  • 2Kgs 25:12 — But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
  • Acts 7:5 — And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
  • Ezek 5:3 — Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
  • Ezek 11:15 — Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us i
  • Ezek 11:15 — Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us i
  • Ezek 33:27 — Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and
  • Ezek 34:2 — Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the
  • Ezek 34:2 — Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the
  • Ezek 36:4 — Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the citi
  • Gen 12:1 — Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
  • Isa 51:2 — Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
  • Isa 51:2 — Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
  • Jer 39:10 — But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
  • Jer 40:7 — Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed un
  • John 8:33 — They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
  • John 8:39 — They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
  • Lev 25:18 — Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
  • Luke 3:8 — Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
  • Mal 2:10 — Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
  • Matt 3:9 — And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
  • Matt 3:9 — And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
  • Mic 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil ca
  • Num 33:56 — Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
  • Rom 4:12 — And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
  • Rom 9:7 — Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.