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Ezekiel 18:2

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The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,	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?	[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.

Verse Text

KJV 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?

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Original Hebrew

מַה־לָּכֶם אַתֶּם מֹשְׁלִים אֶת־הַמָּשָׁל הַזֶּה עַל־אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אָבֹות יֹאכְלוּ בֹסֶר וְשִׁנֵּי הַבָּנִים תִּקְהֶינָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	what?
לָּ/כֶ֗ם	la./Khem		HR/Sp2mp	(is) to/ you
אַתֶּם֙	'a.Tem	H859	HPp2mp	you
מֹֽשְׁלִים֙	mo.she.Lim	H4911	HVqrmpa	(are) speaking a proverb
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/מָּשָׁ֣ל	ha./ma.Shal	H4912	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ proverb
הַ/זֶּ֔ה	ha./Zeh	H2088	HTd/Pdxms	(the)/ this
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
אַדְמַ֥ת	'ad.Mat	H127	HNcfsc	(the) land of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
לֵ/אמֹ֑ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
אָבוֹת֙	'a.Vot	H1	HNcmpa	parents
יֹ֣אכְלוּ	Yo.khe.lu	H398	HVqi3mp	they eat
בֹ֔סֶר	Vo.ser	H1155	HNcmsa	sour grape(s)
וְ/שִׁנֵּ֥י	ve./shi.Nei	H8127	HC/Ncbdc	and/ (the) teeth of
הַ/בָּנִ֖ים	ha./ba.Nim	H1121	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ children
תִּקְהֶֽינָה	qâhâh	H6949	HVqi3fp

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H127 — אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'): from אָדַם; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1155 — בֹּסֶר (bôçer, bo'ser): from the same as בֶּסֶר; {an immature grape}; sour grape.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H4911 — מָשַׁל (mâshal, maw-shal'): denominative from מָשָׁל; to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble; be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
• H4912 — מָשָׁל (mâshâl, maw-shawl'): apparently from מָשַׁל in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb.
• H6949 — קָהָה (qâhâh, kaw-haw'): a primitive root; to be dull; be set on edge, be blunt.
• H8127 — שֵׁן (shên, shane): from שָׁנַן; compare שֶׁנְהַבִּים; a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff; crag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• mean — Isaiah 3:15, Ezekiel 17:12, Romans 9:20
• The fathers — Jeremiah 15:4, Jeremiah 31:29-30, Lamentations 5:7, Matthew 23:36
• the land — Ezekiel 6:2-3, Ezekiel 7:2, Ezekiel 25:3, Ezekiel 36:1-6, Ezekiel 37:11, Ezekiel 37:19, Ezekiel 37:25

Reciprocal references (8): Leviticus 26:39, Job 40:2, Ezekiel 12:22, Ezekiel 16:44, Ezekiel 18:29, Hosea 7:13, Jonah 1:6, Acts 21:13

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: AGRICULTURE-HORTICULTURE, HEREDITY
• Torrey’s: VINE, THE
• Nave’s: CHILDREN, GRAPE, HEREDITY, INFIDELITY, PROVERBS, PUNISHMENT, RESPONSIBILITY, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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