Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Ezekiel 18:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 As I live, saith the Lord GOD ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As I live, says the Lord God, you shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. American Standard Version (1901) As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Common English Bible As surely as I live, says the LORD God, no longer will you use this proverb in Israel! Catholic Public Domain Version As I live, says the Lord God, this parable shall no longer be a proverb for you in Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As I live, saith the Lord God, this parable shall be no more to you a proverb in Israel. |
Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgement of God: