King James Version

Ezekiel 13:12

Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

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וְהִנֵּ֖הvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.נָפַ֣לnafalfallנָפַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fall”, a completed actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…הַקִּ֑ירhaqirthe wallקִירdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the wall”, the ordinary formH7023a wall (as built in a trench)[phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.הֲלוֹא֙halono , -r,לֹאparticle, interrogative, particle, 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…יֵאָמֵ֣רyeamersayאָמַרverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to 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…אֲלֵיכֶ֔םaleykhemamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אַיֵּ֥הayehwhereאַיֵּהparticle, interrogative — “where”H346where?where.הַטִּ֖יחַhatichathe daubingטִיחַdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the daubing”, the ordinary formH2915mortar or plasterdaubing.אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…טַחְתֶּֽםtachtemdaubטוּחַverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “daub”, a completed actionH2902to smear, especially with limedaub, overlay, plaister, smut.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and, lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you: Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

Young’s Literal Translation

And lo, fallen hath the wall! Doth not one say unto you, Where [is] the daubing that ye daubed?

World English Bible

Behold, when the wall has fallen, won’t it be said to you, “Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it?”

Darby Translation

And lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed [it]?

Douay-Rheims

Behold, when the wall is fallen: shall it not be said to you: Where is the daubing wherewith you have daubed it?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and, lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you: Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And lo! the wall has fallen; and will they not say to you, Where is your plaster wherewith ye plastered it ?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἰδοὺ πέπτωκεν ὁ τοῖχος, καὶ οὐκ ἐροῦσι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἀλοιφὴ ὑμῶν ἣν ἠλείψατε;