Ezekiel 18:2
What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge’?
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
What do you mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, but the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
What 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?
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
What mean ye, that ye use{H4911} this proverb{H4912} concerning the land{H127} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} The fathers{H1} have eaten{H398} sour grapes,{H1155} and the children's{H1121} teeth{H8127} are set on edge?{H6949}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
What mean ye, that ye use{H4911}{(H8802)} this proverb{H4912} concerning the land{H127} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The fathers{H1} have eaten{H398}{(H8799)} sour grapes{H1155}, and the children's{H1121} teeth{H8127} are set on edge{H6949}{(H8799)}?
Coverdale Bible (1535)
what meane ye by this comon prouerbe, that ye vse in the londe of Israel, sayenge: The fathers haue eaten soure grapes, and the childres teth are set on edge?
Geneva Bible (1560)
What meane ye that ye speake this prouerbe, concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes, and the childrens teeth are set on edge?
Bishops' Bible (1568)
What meane ye by this comon prouerbe that ye vse in the lande of Israel, saying: The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes, and the chyldrens teeth are set on edge?
Authorized King James Version (1611)
What 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?
Webster's Bible (1833)
What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`What -- to you, ye -- using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted?
American Standard Version (1901)
What 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?
American Standard Version (1901)
What 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?
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Why 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?
World English Bible (2000)
What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel,“‘The fathers eat sour grapes And the children’s teeth become numb?’
Referenced Verses
- Lam 5:7 : 7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we have borne their iniquities.
- Isa 3:15 : 15 What do you mean by crushing My people, and grinding the faces of the poor? says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
- Jer 31:29-30 : 29 In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 30 But everyone shall die for his own sin: every man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
- Jer 15:4 : 4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
- Ezek 6:2-3 : 2 Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 3 And say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
- Ezek 7:2 : 2 Also, you son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end, the end has come upon the four corners of the land.
- Ezek 17:12 : 12 Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem and has taken its king and its princes and led them with him to Babylon;
- Ezek 25:3 : 3 And say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD; Because you said, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
- Ezek 36:1-6 : 1 Also, you son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 2 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the rest of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 4 Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around; 5 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with spiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations:
- Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off.
- Ezek 37:19 : 19 Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.
- Ezek 37:25 : 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
- Matt 23:36 : 36 Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
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- Jer 31:29-302 verses85%
29 In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
30 But everyone shall die for his own sin: every man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
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1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
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3 As I live, says the Lord GOD, you shall no longer have occasion to use this proverb in Israel.
- Ezek 18:18-203 verses74%
18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did what is not good among his people, behold, even he shall die in his iniquity.
19 Yet you say, ‘Why? Does not the son bear the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
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27 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
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14 Now, if he begets a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and considers and does not do such like,
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10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in you, and the whole remnant of you I will scatter into all the winds.
- Ezek 12:21-222 verses71%
21 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
22 Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
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1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
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13 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, You land devour men, and have bereaved your nations;
- Jer 2:30-312 verses71%
30 In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why do my people say, We are lords; we will come no more to you?
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4 Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
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39 And those who are left of you shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they waste away with them.
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9 Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing?
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4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Make them know the abominations of their fathers:
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5 Thus says the LORD, What wrong have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have followed idols, and have become idolaters?
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2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
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30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Are you polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit you harlotry after their abominations?
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12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
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15 What do you mean by crushing My people, and grinding the faces of the poor? says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
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17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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44 Behold, everyone that uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
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21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
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18 Your way and your deeds have procured these things for you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.
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18 And when the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?
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18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the rest with your feet?
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9 Therefore I will yet plead with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
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16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.
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10 And it shall come to pass, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
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1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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17 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
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25 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way equal? Are not your ways unequal?
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7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
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11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom You have done this. Shall the women eat their offspring, the children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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2 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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17 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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21 Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
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3 Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
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19 Will you profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people who hear your lies?
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10 Therefore, O son of man, speak to the house of Israel; this is what you speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them, how should we then live?
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1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.