Verse List for EZE 18:2

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OET (OET-RV) “What do you mean, you people who use this proverb about Yisrael? You say, ‘Fathers eat sour grapes, but it’s the children’s teeth that are set on edge’.

OET-LV What is_to_you(pl) you(pl) are_speaking _a _proverb DOM the_proverb the_this on the _land _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_say parents they _eat sour _grape[s] and_the _teeth _of the _children they _are _blunt.

ULT “What, is to you, you using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ⇔ ‘Fathers eat sour grapes, ⇔  and the teeth of the sons are blunted’?

UST “What do you people mean when you quote this proverb about the land of Israel? You say, ⇔ ‘The parents ate sour grapes, ⇔  but it was their children who got the sour taste in their mouths.’

BSB & MSB “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 book available

WEBBE “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’?

WMBB “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]

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]

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?

Moff “What do you mean by quoting this proverb in the land of Israel, ‘The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

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?

Drby 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?
(What mean ye/you_all, 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?)

SLT What to you making use of this parable upon the land of Israel, saying, The fathers will eat sour grapes and the sons teeth will be blunted?

Wbstr 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-1769 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/you_all, 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?)

KJB-1611 What meane ye that yee vse this prouerbe concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes, and the childrens teeth are set on edge?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps 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 mean ye/you_all by this common proverb that ye/you_all use in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?)

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

Cvdl 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 mean ye/you_all by this common proverb, that ye/you_all use in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?)

Wycl 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 turn a parable among you in to this proverb, in the land of Israel, and said, Fathers eaten a bitter grape, and the teeth of sons been an edge, either astonished?)

Luth 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 drives you(pl)/their/her under you in_the land Israel this/these proverb/saying and say: The fathers have SOUR_GRAPES??? eaten, but the children are the teeth of_that blunt been?)

ClVg Quid est quod inter vos parabolam vertitis in proverbium istud in terra Israël, dicentes: Patres comederunt uvam acerbam, et dentes filiorum obstupescunt?
(What it_is that between you(pl) parable turning in/into/on proverb this in/into/on earth/land Israel, saying: Fathers they_ate grape bitter, and teeth of_children they_are_astonished?)

UHB מַה־לָּ⁠כֶ֗ם אַתֶּם֙ מֹֽשְׁלִים֙ אֶת־הַ⁠מָּשָׁ֣ל הַ⁠זֶּ֔ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר אָבוֹת֙ יֹ֣אכְלוּ בֹ֔סֶר וְ⁠שִׁנֵּ֥י הַ⁠בָּנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃ ‡

BrLXX υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, τί ὑμῖν ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, λέγοντες, οἱ πατέρες ἔφαγον ὄμφακα, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες τῶν τέκνων ἐγομφίασαν;

BrTr 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?