Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Son of man What is this proverb ye have, concerning the so of Israel, saying, - The days, are prolonged, Therefore shall every vision come to nought?
New American Standard Bible
“Son of man, what is this
King James Version
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Holman Bible
“Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel,
and every vision fails?
International Standard Version
"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.'?
A Conservative Version
Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
American Standard Version
Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Amplified
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long and every vision fails’?
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?
Darby Translation
Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Julia Smith Translation
Son of man, what this parable to you upon the land of Israel, saying, The days will be prolonged and every vision perished?
King James 2000
Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"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.'
Modern King James verseion
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days will go on and every vision shall fail?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thou son of man, what manner of byword is that, which ye use in the land of Israel? Saying, 'Tush, seeing that the days are so slack in coming, all the visions are of none effect.'
NET Bible
"Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, 'The days pass slowly, and every vision fails'?
New Heart English Bible
"Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?'
Webster
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
World English Bible
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
Youngs Literal Translation
Son of man, what is this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 12:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Deceptive Proverb Stopped
22 Son of man What is this proverb ye have, concerning the so of Israel, saying, - The days, are prolonged, Therefore shall every vision come to nought? 23 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, I will cause this proverb to cease, And they shall use it as a proverb no more in Israel, - But speak unto them, The days late drawn near, And the substance of every vision.
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:3
who are saying, Not near! let us build houses, - It, is the caldron, and, we, are the flesh!
Ezekiel 12:27
Son of man. Lo! the house of Israel are saying, the vision which he seeth is for many days, Yea for times far away, hath hell prophesied.
Ezekiel 18:2-3
What occasion have ye, to be using this proverb, concerning the so of Israel, saying, - Fathers eat sour grapes, And the children's teeth are blunted?
Amos 6:3
Ye who are putting far away the day of calamity, - but bringing near the abode of violence:
Isaiah 5:19
Who say - Let his work quicken - let it hasten, That we may see, - And let the purpose of Israel's Holy One, draw near and come. That we may know!
Jeremiah 5:12-13
They have acted deceptively against Yahweh, And have said, Not He! Neither shall there come upon us, calamity, Nor sword nor famine, shall we see;
Jeremiah 23:33-40
But when this people or a prophet or a priest shall ask thee saying What is the oracle of Yahweh? Then shalt thou say unto them Ye, yourselves, are the oracle, Therefore will I reject you Declareth Yahweh;
Ezekiel 16:44
Lo! every one who useth proverbs, against thee, shall use a proverb saying, - Like the mother, so her daughter!
2 Peter 3:3-4
Of this, first, taking note - that there will come, in the last of the days, with scoffing, scoffers, after their own covetings, going on,