Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Do not sputter - So they sputter! They must not sputter as to these things, Must he not put away reproaches?

New American Standard Bible

Do not speak out,’ so they speak out.
But if they do not speak out concerning these things,
Reproaches will not be turned back.

King James Version

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

Holman Bible

“Quit your preaching,” they preach.
“They should not preach these things;
shame will not overtake us.”

International Standard Version

To those who speak out, they will declare, "Don't prophesy to anyone!' so their shame won't go away.

A Conservative Version

Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these, [so] reproaches shall not depart.

American Standard Version

Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.

Amplified


‘Do not speak out,’ so they speak out.
But if they do not speak out concerning these things,
Reproaches will not be turned back.

Bible in Basic English

Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

Darby Translation

Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.

Julia Smith Translation

Ye shall not let fall in drops; they shall let fall in drops; they shall not let fall in drops for these; shame shall not be removed.

King James 2000

Prophesy not, they say to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not be shamed.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Do not preach!" they are preaching. They should not preach to these; disgrace will not overtake us.

Modern King James verseion

Do not drop words as they drop! They shall not drop words about these; they shall not draw back reproaches.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Tush, hold your tongue," say they. "It shall not fall on this people, we shall not come so to confusion,"

NET Bible

Don't preach with such impassioned rhetoric,' they say excitedly. 'These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation.'

New Heart English Bible

"Do not prophesy." They prophesy. "Do not prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us."

Webster

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

World English Bible

"Don't prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us."

Youngs Literal Translation

Ye do not prophesy -- they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נטף 
Nataph 
Usage: 18

ye not, say they to them that prophesy
נטף 
Nataph 
Usage: 18

נטף 
Nataph 
Usage: 18

to them, that they shall not take
נסג 
Nacag 
Usage: 9

References

Fausets

Morish

Context Readings

God's Word Rejected

5 Therefore, shalt thou have none to throw a measuring-line by lot, - in the convocation of Yahweh. 6 Do not sputter - So they sputter! They must not sputter as to these things, Must he not put away reproaches? 7 O thou who art said to be the house of Jacob, Is the spirit of Yahweh, impatient? Or are, these, his doings? Are not, his words, pleasant to him who is upright in his walk?

Cross References

Amos 2:12

And yet ye caused the Nazirites to drink wine, - and, on the prophet, laid ye command, saying, Ye shall not prophesy!

Isaiah 30:10

Who have said to the seers, Ye must not see! To the prophets, Ye must not prophesy to us reproofs! Speak to us smooth things, Prophesy delusions:

Psalm 74:9

Our own signs, have we not seen, - There is no longer a prophet, - Neither is there with us, one who knoweth - How long!

Jeremiah 6:14-15

And so they have healed the grievous wound of my people, slightly, Saying, Peace, peace, when there was no peace,

Jeremiah 8:11-12

And so they have healed the grievous wound of the daughter of my people, slightly, - Saying, Peace! peace! when there was no peace!

Jeremiah 26:8-9

And it came to pass when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets, and all the people laid hold of him, saying - Thou shalt, surely die!

Jeremiah 26:20-23

There was however, a man, prophesying in the name of Yahweh, Urijah, son of Shemaiah, of Keriath-jearim, - who prophesied against this city, and against this land, according to all the words of Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 3:26

thy tongue also, will I cause to cleave unto the roof of thy mouth, so shalt thou be dumb and not be to them a reprover, - For a perverse house, they are!

Ezekiel 20:46

Son of man Set thy face the way towards Teman, And drop thy word against the land of the sun, And prophesy unto the forest of the field of the South;

Ezekiel 21:2

Son of man Set thy face against Jerusalem, And drop thy word against the holy places And prophesy against the so of Israel.

Amos 7:13

But, at Bethel, not again, any more, mayest thou prophesy, - for, the holy place of the king, it is, and, the house of the kingdom, it is.

Amos 8:11-13

Lo! days are coming, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, that I will send a hunger throughout the land, - not a hunger for food, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Yahweh;

Micah 6:16

For strictly observed are the statutes of Omri, and every doing of the house of Ahab, and ye have walked in their counsels, - to the end I may give thee up to desolation, and her inhabitants to hissing, that, the reproach of peoples, ye may bear.

Acts 4:17

Nevertheless, lest it further spread abroad among the people, let us charge them with threats, to be no more speaking upon this name, to any soul of man.

Acts 5:28

Saying - Strictly, did we charge you not to be teaching upon this name; and lo! ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are minded to bring down upon us, the blood of this man.

Acts 5:40

And they were persuaded by him; and, calling unto them the Apostles, they, with beating, charged them not be speaking upon the name of Jesus; and let them go.

Acts 7:51

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in hearts and in ears, ye, always, against the Holy Spirit, do strive! As your fathers, ye also:

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

Who have both slain the, Lord, Jesus - and the prophets, and, us, have persecuted, and, unto God, are displeasing, and, unto all men, are contrary, -

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