Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an overflowing shower; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in two by the storm-wind.

New American Standard Bible

so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.

King James Version

Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

Holman Bible

therefore, tell those who plaster it that it will fall. Torrential rain will come, and I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will be released.

International Standard Version

"When someone builds a wall, they coat it with whitewash. Tell those who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. It will be washed off by the rain. Great hailstones will fall and a stormy wind will strip it off.

A Conservative Version

say to those who daub it with untempered [mortar], that it shall fall. There shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall rend it.

American Standard Version

say unto them that daub it with untempered mortar , that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

Amplified

so tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it will fall! A flooding rain [of judgment] will come, and you, O [great] hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will tear the wall apart.

Darby Translation

say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing rain, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall burst forth.

Julia Smith Translation

Say to them plastering with plaster: And it shall fall: there was a violent rain poured out; and ye, O hailstones, shall fall; and the spirit of storms shall rend.

King James 2000

Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall break it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Say to [those] covering [it] [with] whitewash that it will fall; there will be {a torrent of rain}, and I will give stones of hail; they will fall! And a {windstorm} will burst forth!

Modern King James verseion

Say to those who daub with lime, yes, it shall fall; there will be a flooding rain; and you, O hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind will break.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore tell them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall. For there shall come a great shower of rain, great stones shall fall upon it, and a sore storm of wind shall break it.

NET Bible

Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out.

New Heart English Bible

tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.

The Emphasized Bible

Say thou unto them who are coating with whitewash It shall fall,- There hath come an Overflowing rain And I will make ha-stones fall, And a tempestuous wind shall break it down.

Webster

Say to them who daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

World English Bible

tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.

Youngs Literal Translation

Say to those daubing with chalk -- It falleth, There hath been an overflowing shower, And ye, O hailstones, do fall, And a tempestuous wind doth rend,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
טוּח 
Tuwach 
Usage: 12

it with untempered
תּפל 
Taphel 
Usage: 7

שׁטף 
Shataph 
Usage: 31

גּשׁם 
Geshem 
Usage: 35

and ye
אתּנּה אתּנה אתּן אתּם אתּי את אתּ אתּהo 
'attah 
thou, you, ye
Usage: 1085

אלגּבישׁ 
'elgabiysh 
Usage: 3

and a stormy
סערה סער 
Ca`ar 
Usage: 24

רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

בּקע 
Baqa` 
Usage: 51

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Condemnation Of False Prophets

10 Because, even because they have been guiding my people into error, saying, Peace; when there is no peace; and in the building of a division wall they put whitewash on it: 11 Say to those who put whitewash on it, There will be an overflowing shower; and you, O ice-drops, will come raining down; and it will be broken in two by the storm-wind. 12 And when the wall has come down, will they not say to you, Where is the whitewash which you put on it?

Cross References

Ezekiel 38:22

And I will take up my cause against him with disease and with blood; and I will send down on him and on his forces and on the peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower and great ice-drops, fire, and burning.

Isaiah 28:2

See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them.

Job 27:21

The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

Psalm 11:6

On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

Psalm 18:13-14

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

Psalm 32:6

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

Isaiah 25:4

For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.

Isaiah 28:15-18

Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

Isaiah 29:6

The Lord of armies will come in with thunder and earth-shaking and great noise, with rushing wind and storm, and the flame of burning fire.

Isaiah 32:19

But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Nahum 1:7-8

The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

Matthew 7:25

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

Matthew 7:27

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

Luke 6:48-49

He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

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