Ezekiel 18:2
What does Ezekiel 18:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 18:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
KJV
King James Version · 1611What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Why do you make use of this saying about the land of Israel, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are on edge?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`What--to you, ye--using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, [The] fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 3:15
what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
- Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
- Matthew 23:36
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
- Romans 9:20
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
- Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
- Ezekiel 37:25
And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
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