Parallel Verses
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?
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 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
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Yowm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 12:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Deceptive Proverb Stopped
21 And the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 22 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? 23 Therefore tell them, So says the Lord Jehovah: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel. But say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:3
who say, It is not near; let us build houses; this city is the pot, and we are the flesh.
Ezekiel 12:27
Son of man, behold, the house of Israel says, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off.
Ezekiel 18:2-3
What is it to you that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the teeth of the sons are dull?
Amos 6:3
You who put the evil day far away, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Isaiah 5:19
who say, Let Him hurry and hasten His work, so that we may see it; and let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, so that we may know!
Jeremiah 5:12-13
They have lied against Jehovah and said, It is not He; neither shall evil come on us; nor shall we see sword nor famine.
Jeremiah 23:33-40
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? You shall then say to them, What burden? I will even forsake you, says Jehovah.
Ezekiel 16:44
Behold, all who use proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As the mother, so is her daughter.
2 Peter 3:3-4
First, knowing this, that there will come in the last days scoffers walking according to their own lusts