King James Version

Ezekiel 13:4

O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.

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כְּשֻׁעָלִ֖יםkeshualimas foxשׁוּעָלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as fox”, the ordinary formH7776a jackal (as a burrower)fox.בָּחֳרָב֑וֹתbachoravotin decayed placeחׇרְבָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in decayed place”, the ordinary formH2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolationdecayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).נְבִיאֶ֥יךָnevieykhaprophetנָבִיאnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “prophet”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5030a prophet or (generally) inspired manprophecy, that prophesy, prophet.יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.הָיֽוּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in ruins.

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American Standard Version (1901)

O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.

Young’s Literal Translation

As foxes in the wastes, Thy prophets, O Israel, have been.

World English Bible

Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.

Darby Translation

O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in desert places.

Douay-Rheims

Thy prophets, O Israel, were like foxes in the deserts.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in ruins.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thy prophets, O Israel, are like foxes in the deserts.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὡς ἀλώπεκες ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις οἱ προφῆταί σου, Ἰσραήλ·