Parallel Verses
Amplified
Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coating with which you [prophets] plastered it?’”
New American Standard Bible
Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?’”
King James Version
Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
Holman Bible
Now when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coat of whitewash that you put on it?’
International Standard Version
Look! When the wall collapses, won't it be said of you, "Where's the coat of paint that you spread all over the wall?'
A Conservative Version
Lo, when the wall has fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed it?
American Standard Version
Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
Bible in Basic English
And when the wall has come down, will they not say to you, Where is the whitewash which you put on it?
Darby Translation
And lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed it?
Julia Smith Translation
And behold, the wall fell; shall it not be said to you, Where the plastering which ye plastered?
King James 2000
Lo, when the wall has fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And look! [When] the wall falls, will it not be said to you, 'Where [is] the whitewash [with] which you covered [it]?'
Modern King James verseion
And, behold, when the wall has fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the daubing with which you have daubed?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So shall the wall come down. Shall it not then be said unto you, 'Where is now the mortar, that ye daubed it withal?'
NET Bible
When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, "Where is the whitewash you coated it with?"
New Heart English Bible
Behold, when the wall has fallen, shall it not be said to you, 'Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it?'
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! when the wall hath fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the coating, wherewith ye coated it?
Webster
Lo, when the wall hath fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed it?
World English Bible
Behold, when the wall has fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it?
Youngs Literal Translation
And lo, fallen hath the wall! Doth not one say unto you, Where is the daubing that ye daubed?
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 13:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Condemnation Of False Prophets
11 so tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it will fall! A flooding rain [of judgment] will come, and you, O [great] hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will tear the wall apart. 12 Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coating with which you [prophets] plastered it?’” 13 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath, and there will be in My anger an overwhelming rain and great hailstones to destroy [that wall] in wrath.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:37
“And He will say, ‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they took refuge?
Judges 9:38
Then Zebul said to Gaal, “Where is your [boasting] mouth now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them!”
Judges 10:14
Go, cry out to the gods you have chosen; let them rescue you in your time of distress.”
2 Kings 3:13
Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What business do you have with me? Go to the prophets of your [wicked] father [Ahab] and to the prophets of your [pagan] mother [Jezebel].” But the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to be handed over to Moab.”
Jeremiah 2:28
“But where are your gods
Which you made for yourself?
Let them get up, if they can save you
In the time of your trouble!
For [as many as] the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah. [Why do not your many man-made idols run to help you?]
Jeremiah 29:31-32
“Send [this message] to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam, “Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie,”
Jeremiah 37:19
Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land?’
Lamentations 2:14-15
Your prophets have seen (imagined) for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not exposed your wickedness
To restore you from captivity [by teaching you to repent],
But they have seen (imagined) and declared to you false and misleading oracles.