Ezekiel 20:32
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"What comesוְהָֽעֹלָה֙
(ve·ha·'o·lah)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
into your mindר֣וּחֲכֶ֔ם
(ru·cha·chem,)
7307: breath, wind, spiritfrom an unused word
will not comeהָיֹ֖ו
(ha·yov)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
about, whenאֲשֶׁ֣ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
you say:אֹמְרִ֗ים
(o·me·rim)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
'We will be like the nations,כַגֹּויִם֙
(chag·go·v·yim)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav
like the tribesכְּמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ות
(ke·mish·pe·cho·vt)
4940: a clanfrom the same as shiphchah
of the lands,הָאֲרָצֹ֔ות
(ha·'a·ra·tzo·vt,)
776: earth, landa prim. root
servingלְשָׁרֵ֖ת
(le·sha·ret)
8334: to minister, servea prim. root
woodעֵ֥ץ
(etz)
6086: tree, trees, woodfrom an unused word
and stone.'וָאָֽבֶן׃
(va·'a·ven.)
68: a stonea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And that which cometh
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
into your mind
ruwach  (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
shall not be at all that ye say
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
We will be
hayah  (haw-yaw)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
as the heathen
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
as the families
mishpachah  (mish-paw-khaw')
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people -- family, kind(-red).
of the countries
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
to serve
sharath  (shaw-rath')
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to -- minister (unto), (do) serve(-ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
wood
`ets  (ates)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
and stone
'eben  (eh'-ben)
a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"What comes into your mind will not come about, when you say: 'We will be like the nations, like the tribes of the lands, serving wood and stone.'

King James Bible
And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When you say, 'Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of other countries, worshiping wood and stone,' what you have in mind will never happen.

International Standard Version
The thing that you're imagining is never going to happen, since you're thinking, "We'll be like the nations, like the clans of other lands who serve gods made from wood and stone."'"

NET Bible
"'What you plan will never happen. You say, "We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What you have in mind will never happen. You think that you want to be like other nations, like the different people in other countries. You want to serve wood and stone.

King James 2000 Bible
And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, that you say, We will be as the Gentiles, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
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