Ezekiel 11:3
What does Ezekiel 11:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 11:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862who are saying, It <FI>is<Fi> not near--to build houses, it <FI>is<Fi> the pot, and we the flesh.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the caldron, and we the flesh.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Peter 3:4
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
- Ezekiel 12:22
Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
- Ezekiel 7:7
Thy doom is come unto thee, O inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting, upon the mountains.
- Isaiah 5:19
that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
- Ezekiel 11:7
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but ye shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.
- Amos 6:5
that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
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