Ezekiel 7:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.”
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“The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For the seller to the sold thing turneth not, And yet among the living <FI>is<Fi> their life, For the vision <FI>is<Fi> unto all its multitude, It doth not turn back, And none by his iniquity doth strengthen his life.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 7:13 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:13In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
- Leviticus 25:24Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
- Leviticus 25:31But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
- Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
- Ezekiel 12:25because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 12:28Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
- Ezekiel 33:26You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’
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