Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
who [are] saying, "The building of houses [is] not near; [the city] is the pot, and we [are] the flesh.
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?
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.'
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.
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 And he said to me, "Son of man, these [are] the men {who devise mischief}, and [who are] offering bad counsel in this city, 3 who [are] saying, "The building of houses [is] not near; [the city] is the pot, and we [are] the flesh. 4 Therefore prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!"
Cross References
Ezekiel 12:22
"Son of man, what [is] this proverb {you people have} about the land of Israel, {saying}, '{The days are prolonged}, and every vision has come to nothing.'
Ezekiel 12:27
"Son of man, look! The house of Israel [is] saying, 'The vision that he [is] seeing [is] for many days [from now], and for distant times he [is] prophesying.'
Isaiah 5:19
those who say, "Let him make haste; let him hurry his work so that we may see it and let it draw near and let the plan of the holy one of Israel come so that we may know [it]!"
Jeremiah 1:11-13
And the word of Yahweh came to me, {saying}, "What [are] you seeing, Jeremiah?" And I said, "I [am] seeing a branch of an almond tree."
Ezekiel 7:7
Doom is coming against you, the dweller of the land; the time comes, the day [is] near, panic and not joy [is] on the mountains.
Ezekiel 11:7-11
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Your slain ones whom you put in its midst, they [are] the flesh, and it is [the] pot, and I will bring you out from its midst.
Ezekiel 24:3-14
And {deliver a proverb} to {the rebellious house}, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Place the pot! Place [it] and also pour water into it.
Amos 6:5
[Alas for those] who sing to the tune of the harp; like David they improvise on instruments of music.
2 Peter 3:4
and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For {ever since} the fathers fell asleep, all [things] have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation."