Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city. New Living Translation The Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city. English Standard Version And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; Berean Standard Bible And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city. King James Bible Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: New King James Version And He said to me: “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city, New American Standard Bible Then He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wrongdoing and give evil advice in this city, NASB 1995 He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city, NASB 1977 And He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city, Legacy Standard Bible He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and give evil counsel in this city, Amplified Bible Then the Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise evil and give wicked advice in this city, Christian Standard Bible The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give wicked advice in this city. American Standard Version And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city; Contemporary English Version The LORD said, "Ezekiel, son of man, these men are making evil plans and giving dangerous advice to the people of Jerusalem. English Revised Version And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city. Good News Translation God said to me, "Mortal man, these men make evil plans and give bad advice in this city. International Standard Version Then he told me, "Son of Man, these men are plotting evil and are giving wicked advice in this city. Majority Standard Bible And the LORD said to me, ?Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city. NET Bible The LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city. New Heart English Bible He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city; Webster's Bible Translation Then said he to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: World English Bible He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd He says to me, “Son of man, these [are] the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city; Young's Literal Translation And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, these are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are giving evil counsel in this city; Smith's Literal Translation And he will say to say to me, Son of man, these the men purposing vanity and counseling evil counsel in this city. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he said to me: Son of man, these are the men that study iniquity, and frame a wicked counsel in this city, Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to me: “Son of man, these are men who devise iniquity. And they offer a wicked counsel in this city, New American Bible The LORD said to me: Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city. New Revised Standard Version He said to me, “Mortal, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThen the LORD said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH said to me: “Son of man, these are the men who plot fraud and counsel evil counsels in this city OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And He said unto me: 'Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city; Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise vanities, and take evil counsel in this city: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Evil in High Places1Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people. 2And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city. 3They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’… Cross References Jeremiah 5:26-28 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. / Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. / They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. Micah 3:1-3 Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? / You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. / You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. Jeremiah 11:9 And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem. Psalm 2:1-2 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. Jeremiah 18:18 Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.” Psalm 94:20-21 Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree? / They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. Isaiah 30:1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. Jeremiah 23:14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.” Matthew 23:27-28 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. Mark 7:21-23 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.” Luke 11:39-42 Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. / You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? / But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you. ... Acts 4:25-28 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’ / In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. ... Romans 1:29-31 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. / They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. Treasury of Scripture Then said he to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: Esther 8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. Psalm 2:1,2 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? … Psalm 36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. Jump to Previous Advice City Counsel Designing Devise Devising Evil Iniquity Mischief Plotting Teaching Ways WickedJump to Next Advice City Counsel Designing Devise Devising Evil Iniquity Mischief Plotting Teaching Ways WickedEzekiel 11 1. The presumption of the princes4. Their sin and judgment 13. Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant 22. The glory of God leaves the city 24. Ezekiel is returned to the captivity And the LORD said to me This phrase emphasizes the direct communication between God and the prophet Ezekiel. The Hebrew root for "LORD" is "YHWH," the sacred and personal name of God, signifying His eternal and unchanging nature. This divine communication underscores the authority and authenticity of the message. In the historical context, prophets were seen as God's mouthpieces, and this phrase reassures the reader of the divine origin of the prophecy. Son of man these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked counsel in this city Hebrew And [the LORD] saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to me, אֵלָ֑י (’ê·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to “Son בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son of man, אָדָ֕ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being these אֵ֣לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those are the men הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who plot הַחֹשְׁבִ֥ים (ha·ḥō·šə·ḇîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 2803: To think, account evil אָ֛וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol and give וְהַיֹּעֲצִ֥ים (wə·hay·yō·‘ă·ṣîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve wicked רָ֖ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil counsel עֲצַת־ (‘ă·ṣaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence in this הַזֹּֽאת׃ (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, city. בָּעִ֥יר (bā·‘îr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement Links Ezekiel 11:2 NIVEzekiel 11:2 NLT Ezekiel 11:2 ESV Ezekiel 11:2 NASB Ezekiel 11:2 KJV Ezekiel 11:2 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 11:2 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 11:2 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 11:2 French Bible Ezekiel 11:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 11:2 He said to me Son of man (Ezek. 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