Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And use a parable against the house of contradiction and say to them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Set on the pot, set on, and also pour water into it:
New American Standard Bible
Speak a
“Put on the
King James Version
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Holman Bible
Now speak a parable
put it on,
and then pour water into it!
International Standard Version
So compose a parable for the rebellious house. Tell them, "This is what the Lord God says: "Prepare your pot for boiling! Set it in place. Fill it up with water, too.
A Conservative Version
And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says lord LORD: Set on the caldron. Set it on, and also pour water into it.
American Standard Version
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Amplified
Speak a parable against the rebellious house [of Judah] and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
Bible in Basic English
And make a comparison for this uncontrolled people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Put on the cooking-pot, put it on the fire and put water in it:
Darby Translation
And propose a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Set on the pot, set it on, and also pour water into it.
King James 2000
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {deliver a proverb} to {the rebellious house}, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Place the pot! Place [it] and also pour water into it.
Modern King James verseion
And speak a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah: Set on a pot; set it on, and also pour water into it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Show that obstinate household a parable, and speak unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Get thee a pot, set it on, and pour water into it:
NET Bible
Recite a proverb to this rebellious house and say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Set on the pot, set it on, pour water in it too;
New Heart English Bible
Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
The Emphasized Bible
Put thou forth therefore, against the perverse house a parable, and say unto them Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh: Sot on the caldron set it on, Moreover also pour into it water:
Webster
And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
World English Bible
Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Youngs Literal Translation
and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To set on the pot, to set it on, and also to pour into it water,
Themes
Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Employs a boiling pot to symbolize the destruction of jerusalem
Parables » Of the old testament » Of the prophets
Symbols and similitudes » Cooking
Symbols and similitudes » Boiling pot
Truth » Illustrated in parables of the old testament » Of the prophets
Interlinear
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Mayim
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 24:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Boiling Pot And The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife
2 Son of man, write to thee the name of the day, this same day: the king of Babel set up against Jerusalem this same day. 3 And use a parable against the house of contradiction and say to them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Set on the pot, set on, and also pour water into it: 4 Gather its pieces into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill with the choice of the bones.
Cross References
Ezekiel 11:3
Saying, It not being near; build houses: this the pot, and we the flesh.
Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, propose an enigma and use a parable to the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 20:49
And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, they say to me, Does he not use parables?
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, ye heavens, and give ear thou earth, for Jehovah spake: for I caused to grow and lifted up sons, and they rebelled against me.
Ezekiel 2:3
And he will say to me, Son of man, I send thee to the sons of Israel, to rebellious nations who rebelled against me: they and their fathers transgressed against me even to this same day.
Ezekiel 2:6
And thou son of man, thou shalt not be afraid of them, and thou shalt not be afraid of their words, if rebels and thorns with thee, and thou art dwelling with scorpions: thou shalt not be afraid of their words, and thou shalt not be terrified from their face, for they a house of contradiction.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter enigmas from ancient time:
Isaiah 30:1
Wo to sons turning aside, says Jehovah, to make counsel and not from me; and to cover a covering, and not my spirit so as to add sin upon sin:
Isaiah 30:9
For this is a people of contradiction, sons of lies, sons who will not to hear the law of Jehovah.
Ezekiel 2:8
And thou son of man, hear what I speak to thee: Thou shalt not be contradiction as the house of contradiction: open thy mouth and eat what I give to thee.
Ezekiel 24:6
For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo to the city of bloods! the pot which the rust in it, and her rust went not forth from it; bring it forth by its pieces, by its pieces; the lot fell not upon it
Isaiah 63:10
They embittered and grieved his holy spirit; and he will turn to them for an enemy; he fought against them.
Jeremiah 1:13
And the word of Jehovah will be to me the second time, saying, What seest thou? and saying, I see a pot blown under, and its face from the face of the north.
Jeremiah 50:13-14
From the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, and it was wholly a desolation: every one passing over Babel shall be astonished and shall hiss at all her blows.
Ezekiel 3:9
As the diamond strong above the rock I gave thy forehead: thou shalt not fear them, and thou shalt not be terrified from their face, for they are a house of contradiction.
Ezekiel 11:7
For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Your wounded which ye set in her midst, they the flesh, and this the pot: and I brought you forth from its midst.
Ezekiel 11:11
This shall not be to you for a pot, and ye shall not be in the midst of her for flesh; upon the bound of Israel will I judge you.
Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.
Ezekiel 12:25
For I am Jehovah: I will speak, what word I will speak and it shall be done; it shall no more be protracted: for in your days, O house of contradiction, I will speak the word, and I did it, says the Lord Jehovah.
Ezekiel 17:12
Say now to the house of contradiction, Knew ye not what are these? Say, Behold, the king of Babel coming to Jerusalem, and he will take her king and her chiefs, and bring them to him into Babel.
Ezekiel 19:2-14
And say, What thy mother? a lioness: between lions she lay down, in the midst of young lions she brought up her whelps
Micah 2:4
In that day a parable shall be lifted up against you, and a wailing of a wailing was wailed, saying, Being laid waste, we shall be laid waste: he will exchange a portion of my people: how he will remove to me; for turning away, he will divide our fields.
Mark 12:12
And they sought to seize him, and they feared the crowd: for they knew that he spake this parable against them: and having let him go they went away.
Luke 8:10
And he said, To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: and to the rest in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers, also you.