Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Thy prophets were as the foxes in the sterile regions, Israel
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.
Holman Bible
Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins.
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.
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 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo upon the foolish prophets which are going after their spirit, and they saw not 4 Thy prophets were as the foxes in the sterile regions, Israel 5 Ye went not up into the breaches, and ye will wall in the wall upon the house of Israel to stand in the war in the day of Jehovah.
Names
Cross References
Song of Songs 2:15
Seize for us the foxes, the little foxes destroying the vineyards: and our vineyards are in blossom.
Micah 2:11
If a man going in the spirit and falsehood, lying, I will drop to thee for wine and for strong drink; and he was the dropping of this people.
Micah 3:5
Thus said Jehovah for the prophets causing my people to wander, and biting with their teeth, and they called, Peace; and who will not give upon their mouth and they consecrated war against him:
Matthew 7:15
And hold from false prophets which come in to you in sheep's dresses, but within they are rapacious wolves.
Romans 16:18
For such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by specious language and praise completely deceive the hearts of the innocent.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such the falsely sent, crafty workers, being transformed into the sent of Christ.
Galatians 2:4
And through false brethren introduced privately, who came in privately to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might reduce us to slavery:
Ephesians 4:14
That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit;
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
Whose arrival is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
1 Timothy 4:1-2
And the Spirit says expressly, that in later times some shall be removed from the faith, holding to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of evil spirits;
Titus 1:10-12
For many also are disorderly, vain talkers and infatuates, especially they of the circumcision:
Revelation 13:11-14
And I saw another wild beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Revelation 19:20
And the wild beast was seized, and with him the false prophet having done signs before him, with which he deceived them having received the stamp of the wild beast, and them worshipping his image. Living, were they two cast into the lake of fire burning with sulphur.