11 translations · Hebrew
Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
Ezekiel 33:31 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
- KJV King James Version
- And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And they come in to you as the coming in of a people, || And they sit before you—My people, || And have heard your words, and they do not do them, || For they are making unhealthy loves with their mouth, || Their heart is going after their dishonest gain.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- So my people come and visit you like they usually do. They sit and listen to the message you share, but they don't do anything about it. Even though they talk about love, all they're thinking about is how to cheat others.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee — My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And they come to thee, as if a people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָב֣וֹאוּ | wə·yā·ḇō·w·’ū | come | H935 בּוֹא to come (in): come |
| אֵ֠לֶיךָ | ’ê·le·ḵā | to you | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| כִּמְבוֹא־ | kim·ḇō·w- | as usual | H3996 מָבוֹא entrance |
| עָ֞ם | ‘ām | So My people | H5971 עַם people |
| וְיֵשְׁב֤וּ | wə·yê·šə·ḇū | sit | H3427 יָשַׁב to dwell |
| לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ | lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā | before you | H6440 פָּנֶה face: before |
| עַמִּ֔י | ‘am·mî | — | H5971 עַם people |
| וְשָֽׁמְעוּ֙ | wə·šā·mə·‘ū | and hear | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| דְּבָרֶ֔יךָ | də·ḇā·re·ḵā | your words | H1697 דָּבָר word |
| וְאוֹתָ֖ם | wə·’ō·w·ṯām | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| לֹ֣א | lō | but they do not | H3808 לֹא not |
| יַֽעֲשׂ֑וּ | ya·‘ă·śū | put them into practice | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | Although | H3588 כִּי for |
| עֲגָבִ֤ים | ‘ă·ḡā·ḇîm | love | H5690 עָגָב lust |
| בְּפִיהֶם֙ | bə·p̄î·hem | with their mouths | H6310 פֶּה lip |
| הֵ֣מָּה | hêm·māh | they | H1992 הֵ֫מָּה they(masc.) |
| עֹשִׂ֔ים | ‘ō·śîm | express | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| אַחֲרֵ֥י | ’a·ḥă·rê | — | H310 אַחַר after |
| בִצְעָ֖ם | ḇiṣ·‘ām | dishonest gain | H1215 בֶּ֫צַע unjust-gain |
| לִבָּ֥ם | lib·bām | their hearts | H3820 לֵב heart |
| הֹלֵֽךְ׃ | hō·lêḵ | pursue | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
Related verses
- Psalm 78:36–37
But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
- Matthew 13:22
What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
- James 1:22–24
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
- Isaiah 29:13
The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
- Luke 11:28
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
- James 2:14–16
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled”; and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
- Jeremiah 44:16
“As for the word that you have spoken to us in Yahweh’s name, we will not listen to you.
- Ezekiel 8:1
In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord Yahweh’s hand fell on me there.
- Luke 6:48–49
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. But he who hears, and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10
But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
29 Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.”’
30 “As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak to one another, everyone to his brother, saying, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes out from Yahweh.’
31 They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
32 Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.
33 “When this comes to pass—behold, it comes—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
Read all of Ezekiel 33 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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