Ezekiel 12:22 ““Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel:…”

Ezekiel 12:22

“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

World English Bible

“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails’?

American Standard Version

Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Geneva Bible 1599

Sonne of man, what is that prouerbe that you haue in the land of Israel, saying, The dayes are prolonged and all visions faile?

Darby Translation

Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Young's Literal Translation

'Son of man, what [is] this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?

Bible in Basic English

Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?

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Cross references

“what”

Jeremiah 23:33–40 Ezekiel 18:2 Ezekiel 18:3

Jeremiah 23:33–40 · BSB

“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’

Ezekiel 18:2 · BSB

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?

Ezekiel 18:3 · BSB

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.

“The days”

Ezekiel 11:3 Ezekiel 12:27 Isaiah 5:19 Amos 6:3 Jeremiah 5:12 Jeremiah 5:13

Ezekiel 11:3 · BSB

They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

Ezekiel 12:27 · BSB

“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’

Isaiah 5:19 · BSB

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

Amos 6:3 · BSB

You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

Jeremiah 5:12 · BSB

They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

Jeremiah 5:13 · BSB

The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them. ”

Also

Ezekiel 16:44

Ezekiel 16:44 · BSB

Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

23Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.

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