Ezekiel 11:3

In 11 translations

BSB

They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’Or cauldron

KJV

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

WEB

who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

ASV

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

LSV

who are saying, It [is] not near—to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we [are] the flesh.

YLT

who are saying, It [is] not near — to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we the flesh.

DBY

who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.

DRC

Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the caldron, and we the flesh.

GNV

For they say, It is not neere, let vs builde houses: this citie is the caldron, and wee be the flesh.

JPS

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

LXXE

who say, Have not the houses been newly built? This is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

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WLC

הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים לֹ֥א בְקָר֖וֹב בְּנ֣וֹת בָּתִּ֑ים הִ֣יא הַסִּ֔יר וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ הַבָּשָֽׂר׃

LXX-Br

Οἱ λέγοντες, οὐχὶ προσφάτως ᾠκοδόμηνται αἱ οἰκίαι; αὕτη ἐστὶν ὁ λέβης, ἡμεῖς δὲ τὰ κρέα.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
• Ezekiel 12:27“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
• Ezekiel 7:7Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
• 2 Peter 3:4“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
• Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
• Isaiah 5:19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
• Ezekiel 24:3–14Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water. Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece— thigh and…
• Ezekiel 11:7–11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it. You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you,…
• Jeremiah 1:11–13And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied. “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”…

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