Ezekiel 11:3
They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
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ASV
that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
KJV
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
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9 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים | ha.'O.me.Rim | who say | H559 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| בְקָר֖וֹב | ve.ka.Rov | [is] in [the] near [future] | H7138 → |
| בְּנ֣וֹת | be.Not | to build | H1129 → |
| בָּתִּ֑ים | ba.Tim | houses | H1004 → |
| הִ֣יא | hi' | it | H1931 → |
| הַסִּ֔יר | ha.Sir | [is] the pot | H5518 → |
| וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ | va.'a.Nach.nu | and we | H587 → |
| הַבָּשָֽׂר׃ | ha.ba.Sar | [are] the meat | H1320 → |
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