Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
They keep saying, "The right time to build families hasn't yet arrived. The city is the pot and we are the meat.'
New American Standard Bible
who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses.
King James Version
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Holman Bible
They are saying, ‘Isn’t the time near to build houses?
A Conservative Version
who say, [The time] is not near to build houses. This [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
American Standard Version
that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
Amplified
who say, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? This city is [secure just like] the pot and we are the meat [in it].’
Bible in Basic English
Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.
Darby Translation
who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.
Julia Smith Translation
Saying, It not being near; build houses: this the pot, and we the flesh.
King James 2000
Who say, It is not near for us to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
Lexham Expanded Bible
who [are] saying, "The building of houses [is] not near; [the city] is the pot, and we [are] the flesh.
Modern King James verseion
who say, It is not near; let us build houses; this city is the pot, and we are the flesh.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
saying, 'Tush, there is no destruction at hand, let us build houses: this Jerusalem is the cauldron, and we be the flesh.'
NET Bible
They say, 'The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.'
New Heart English Bible
who say, 'The time is not near to build houses: this is the caldron, and we are the meat.'
The Emphasized Bible
who are saying, Not near! let us build houses, - It, is the caldron, and, we, are the flesh!
Webster
Who say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
World English Bible
who say, [The time] is not near to build houses: this [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
Youngs Literal Translation
who are saying, It is not near -- to build houses, it is the pot, and we the flesh.
Themes
Jaazaniah » A wicked prince of judah
Pelatiah » A prince against whom ezekiel prophesied, and who fell dead at the close of the prophecy
Interlinear
Banah
Bayith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 11:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Evil Rulers
2 Then he told me, "Son of Man, these men are plotting evil and are giving wicked advice in this city. 3 They keep saying, "The right time to build families hasn't yet arrived. The city is the pot and we are the meat.' 4 Therefore you are to prophesy against them. Prophesy, Son of Man!"
Cross References
Ezekiel 12:22
"Son of Man, what's this proverb you have concerning Israel's land that says, "The days pass slowly and every vision ends in nothing.'?
Ezekiel 12:27
"Son of Man, pay attention! The house of Israel keeps on saying, "The vision that he's talking about concerns the distant future. He's prophesying concerning times that are far in the future!'
Isaiah 5:19
who say: "Let God be quick, let him speed up his work so we may see it! Let it happen! let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near, so we may recognize it!'"
Jeremiah 1:11-13
This message from the LORD came to me, asking, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I replied, "I see an almond branch."
Ezekiel 7:7
""Your doom has come to you, you who live in the land. The time has arrived, and the day of confusion is near. There will be no shouts of joy on the mountains.
Ezekiel 11:7-11
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "The corpses that you've laid out in your midst are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot. But you'll be taken out from the middle of it.
Ezekiel 24:3-14
So compose a parable for the rebellious house. Tell them, "This is what the Lord God says: "Prepare your pot for boiling! Set it in place. Fill it up with water, too.
Amos 6:5
chanting to the sound of stringed instruments as if they were David, composing songs to themselves as if they were musicians,
2 Peter 3:4
by saying, "What happened to the Messiah's promise to return? Ever since our ancestors died, everything continues as it did from the beginning of creation."