Parallel Verses
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?'
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?
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
'adamah
Yowm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 12:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Deceptive Proverb Stopped
21
And the word of the LORD came to me:
22 “Son of man, what is this
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:3
who say, 'The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.'
Ezekiel 12:27
"Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, 'The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.'
Ezekiel 18:2-3
"What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?
Amos 6:3
O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?
Isaiah 5:19
who say: "Let him be quick, let him speed his work that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near, and let it come, that we may know it!"
Jeremiah 5:12-13
They have spoken falsely of the LORD and have said, 'He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
Jeremiah 23:33-40
"When one of this people, or a prophet or a priest asks you, 'What is the burden of the LORD?' you shall say to them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you off, declares the LORD.'
Ezekiel 16:44
"Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you: 'Like mother, like daughter.'
2 Peter 3:3-4
knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.