EZE 18:2 Parallel View

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ULT “What do you mean, you who use this proverb concerning the land of Israel and say,
 ⇔ ‘Fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are made blunt’?

UST “You people quote this proverb and say that it is about Israel:
 ⇔ ‘Parents eat sour grapes,
⇔ but it is their children who have a very sour taste in their mouths.’
¶ This means that you think that you must suffer for the sins that your ancestors committed.

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’?

OEB No OEB EZE 18:2 verse available

WEB “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’?

WMB “What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning Eretz-Israel, saying,
 ⇔ ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
⇔ and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

NET “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?’

LSV “What [is it] to you [that] you are using this allegory
Concerning the ground of Israel, saying,
Fathers eat unripe fruit,
And the sons’ teeth are blunted?

FBV “What's this proverb you people are quoting about the country of Israel:
¶ ‘The fathers ate the unripe grapes, but their children got the sour taste’?[fn]

18:2 In other words, “it's not our fault this is happening to us; it's due to our forefathers' sins, not ours.” See also Jeremiah 31:29.

T4T “You people quote [RHQ] this proverb and say that it is about Israel:
 ⇔ ‘Parents/People eat sour grapes,
⇔ but it is their children who have a very sour taste in their mouths',
⇔ which means that you think that it is not fair for you to be punished for your ancestors’ sins.

LEB “What do you mean by[fn] quoting this proverb about the land of Israel,saying,[fn] ‘The fathers, they ate unripe fruit, and the teeth of the child became blunt.’[fn]

?:? Literally “What is to you”

?:? Literally “to say”

?:? Or “dull,” set on edge”

BBE 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?

MOF No MOF EZE book available

JPS 'What mean ye, that ye use this proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

ASV 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?

DRA That 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.

YLT 'What — to you, ye — using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted?

DBY What 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?

RV 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?

WBS 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?

KJB 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?
(What mean ye, that ye/you_all use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? )

BB 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?
(What meane ye/you_all by this comon proverb that ye/you_all use in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sowre grapes, and the childrens teeth are set on edge?)

GNV 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?
(What meane ye/you_all that ye/you_all speak this proverb, concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sowre grapes, and the childrens teeth are set on edge? )

CB 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?
(what meane ye/you_all by this comon proverb, that ye/you_all use in the land of Israel, sayenge: The fathers have eaten soure grapes, and the childres teth are set on edge?)

WYC and he seide, What is it, that ye turnen a parable among you in to this prouerbe, in the lond of Israel, and seien, Fadris eeten a bittir grape, and the teeth of sones ben an egge, ether astonyed?
(and he said, What is it, that ye/you_all turnen a parable among you in to this proverb, in the land of Israel, and said, Fadris eeten a bittir grape, and the teeth of sons been an egge, ether astonished?)

LUT Was treibet ihr unter euch im Lande Israel dies Sprichwort und sprechet: Die Väter haben Herlinge gegessen, aber den Kindern sind die Zähne davon stumpf worden?
(What treibet her under you in_the land Israel dies Sprichwort and sprechet: The Väter have Herlinge gegessen, but the Kindern are the teeth davon stumpf worden?)

CLV Quid est quod inter vos parabolam vertitis in proverbium istud in terra Israël, dicentes: Patres comederunt uvam acerbam, et dentes filiorum obstupescunt?
(Quid it_is that between vos parabolam vertitis in proverbium istud in earth/land Israël, dicentes: Patres comederunt uvam acerbam, and dentes filiorum obstupescunt? )

BRN Son of man, what mean ye by this parable among the children of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten unripe grapes, and the children's teeth have been set on edge?

BrLXX υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, τί ὑμῖν ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, λέγοντες, οἱ πατέρες ἔφαγον ὄμφακα, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες τῶν τέκνων ἐγομφίασαν;
(huie anthrōpou, ti humin haʸ parabolaʸ hautaʸ en tois huiois Israaʸl, legontes, hoi pateres efagon omfaka, kai hoi odontes tōn teknōn egomfiasan? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) What do you mean, you who use this proverb & ‘Fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are made blunt’?

(Some words not found in UHB: what? to,you_all you_all quoting DOM the,proverb the=this on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in land Yisrael to=say fathers eat sour_grapes and,teeth the,children's set_on_edge )

Yahweh asks this rhetorical question to remind Ezekiel something he already knows. The question is a rebuke for the people who use the proverb. Alternate translation: “The people in the land of Israel have this proverb … ‘Fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are made blunt’.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / you

(Occurrence 0) What do you mean, you who use this proverb

Here the word “you” is plural and refers to the people of Israel.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) land of Israel

This refers to the people of Israel.

Note 4 topic: writing-proverbs

(Occurrence 0) Fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are made blunt

This proverbs means that children experience the consequences of their parents’ actions.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) the children’s teeth are made blunt

The idiom “teeth are made blunt” refers to the sour taste in one’s mouth that is a result of eating unripe or sour fruit. Alternate translation: “the children get a sour taste in their mouths”

Parallel EZE 18:2