Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
WEB
They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
YLT
who are saying, It is not near--to build houses, it is the pot, and we the flesh.
DBT
who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)