Ezekiel 18:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"As I live,"חַי־
(chai-)
2416a: alive, livingfrom chayah
declaresנְאֻ֖ם
(ne·'um)
5002: utterancefrom an unused word
the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י
(a·do·nai)
136: Lordan emphatic form of adon
GOD, 
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
"you are surelyאִם־
(im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
not going to useמְשֹׁ֛ל
(me·shol)
4911b: to use a proverb, speak in parables or sentences of poetrydenominative verb from mashal
thisהַזֶּ֖ה
(haz·zeh)
2088: this, herea prim. pronoun
proverbהַמָּשָׁ֥ל
(ham·ma·shal)
4912: a proverb, parablefrom mashal
in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
(be·yis·ra·'el.)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
anymore.עֹ֗וד
(o·vd)
5750: a going around, continuance, still, yet, again, besidefrom ud


















KJV Lexicon
As I live
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
saith
n'um  (neh-oom')
an oracle -- (hath) said, saith.
the Lord
'Adonay  (ad-o-noy')
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) -- (my) Lord.
GOD
Yhovih  (yeh-ho-vee')
God.
ye shall not have occasion any more to use
mashal  (maw-shal')
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
this proverb
mashal  (maw-shawl')
a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) -- byword, like, parable, proverb.
in Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "you are surely not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore.

King James Bible
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As I live"--this is the declaration of the Lord GOD--"you will no longer use this proverb in Israel.

International Standard Version
As long as I live," declares the LORD, "you won't use this proverb about Israel anymore.

NET Bible
"As surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As I live, declares the Almighty LORD, you will no longer use this proverb in Israel.

King James 2000 Bible
As I live, says the Lord GOD, you shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
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