KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Ezekiel 13:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Have ye not” | הֲל֤וֹא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “seen” | חֲזִיתֶ֔ם | To gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of | seen |
| “a vain” | שָׁוְא֙ | Evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain) | vain |
| “vision,” | מַֽחֲזֵה | A vision | vision |
| “and have ye not spoken” | אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | not spoken |
| “a lying” | כָּזָ֖ב | Falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol) | lying |
| “divination,” | וּמִקְסַ֥ם | An augury | divination |
| “whereas ye say,” | וְאֹֽמְרִים֙ | To say (used with great latitude) | whereas say |
| “The Lord” | יְהוָ֔ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “saith” | נְאֻם | An oracle | saith |
| “it;” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “albeit I” | וַאֲנִ֖י | I | albeit |
| “have not” | לֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “spoken?” | דִבַּֽרְתִּי׃ | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | spoken |
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5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.
6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.
9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
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