King James Version

Ezekiel 11:3

Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

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הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔יםhaomerimthe sayאָמַרdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the say”, a verb used as a describing wordH559to 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, [id…לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…בְקָר֖וֹבveqarovin nearקָרוֹבpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “in near”, the ordinary formH7138near (in place, kindred or time)allied, approach, at hand, [phrase] any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).בְּנ֣וֹתbenotbuildבָּנָהverb, qal, infinitive construct — “build”, the to-form of the verbH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.בָּתִּ֑יםbatimfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…הִ֣יאhias for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.הַסִּ֔ירhasirthe potסִירdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the pot”, the ordinary formH5518a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hookcaldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn.וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּvaanachnvand weאֲנַחְנוּconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, plural — “and we”H587weourselves, us, we.הַבָּשָֽׂרhabasarthe bodyבָּשָׂרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the body”, the ordinary formH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

that say: The time is not near to build houses! this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

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American Standard Version (1901)

that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

Young’s Literal Translation

who are saying, It [is] not near — to build houses, it [is] the pot, and we the flesh.

World English Bible

who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

Darby Translation

who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.

Douay-Rheims

Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the caldron, and we the flesh.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

that say: The time is not near to build houses! this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

who say, Have not the houses been newly built? This is the caldron, and we are the flesh.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ λέγοντες, οὐχὶ προσφάτως ᾠκοδόμηνται αἱ οἰκίαι; αὕτη ἐστὶν ὁ λέβης, ἡμεῖς δὲ τὰ κρέα.