Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins.
New American Standard Bible
O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.
King James Version
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
International Standard Version
Israel, your prophets have become like foxes among ruins.
A Conservative Version
O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
American Standard Version
O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
Amplified
O Israel, your prophets have been like
Bible in Basic English
O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places.
Darby Translation
O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in desert places.
Julia Smith Translation
Thy prophets were as the foxes in the sterile regions, Israel
King James 2000
O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.
Modern King James verseion
O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes upon the dry field:
NET Bible
Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel.
New Heart English Bible
Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
The Emphasized Bible
As jackals, among ruins, thy prophets O Israel have been.
Webster
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
World English Bible
Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
Youngs Literal Translation
As foxes in the wastes, Thy prophets, O Israel, have been.
Themes
Fox » Figurative » Of unfaithful prophets
Foxes » Illustrative of » False prophets
Opposition » Who the lord opposes
False prophets » Compared to foxes in the desert
Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send
Speech/communication » Who speaks vanity
Speech/communication » Who speaks visions of their own heart
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 13:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Condemnation Of False Prophets
3
This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.
4 Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins.
5
You did not go up to the gaps
Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 2:15
the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—
for our vineyards are in bloom.
Micah 2:11
and invents lies:
“I will preach to you about wine and beer,”
he would be just the preacher for this people!
Micah 3:5
concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,
who proclaim
when they have food to sink their teeth into
but declare war against the one
who puts nothing in their mouths.
Matthew 7:15
Romans 16:18
for such people do not serve our Lord Christ
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such people are false apostles,
Galatians 2:4
This issue arose because of false brothers
Ephesians 4:14
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching,
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,
1 Timothy 4:1-2
Now the Spirit
Titus 1:10-12
For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.
Revelation 13:11-14
Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb,
Revelation 19:20
But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs.