Ezekiel 33:33

Bishop's Bible

When this commeth to passe (lo it commeth:) then shall they knowe that there hath ben a prophete among them.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But the things you sing about really will happen, and then the people will know that there was a prophet living among them.'"

New Living Translation
But when all these terrible things happen to them—as they certainly will—then they will know a prophet has been among them."

New American Standard Bible
"So when it comes—as it certainly will—then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

New Century Version
"When this comes true, and it surely will happen, then the people will know that a prophet has been among them."

New English Translation
When all this comes true—and it certainly will—then they will know that a prophet was among them."

Update Bible Version
And when this comes to pass, (look, it comes,) then they shall know that a prophet has been among them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Amplified Bible
"So when it comes to pass—as it most certainly will—then they will know [without any doubt] that a prophet has been among them."

English Standard Version
When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

World English Bible
When this comes to pass, (behold, it comes,) then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and whanne that that is bifore seide cometh, for lo! it cometh, thanne thei schulen wite, that `profetis weren among hem.

English Revised Version
And when this cometh to pass, (behold, it cometh,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Berean Standard Bible
So when it comes to pass-and surely it will come-then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

Contemporary English Version
Soon they will be punished, just as you warned, and they will know that a prophet has been among them.

American Standard Version
And when this cometh to pass (behold, it cometh), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Bible in Basic English
And when this comes about (see, it is coming), then it will be clear to them that a prophet has been among them.

Complete Jewish Bible
So when all this comes true, then, at last, they will realize that a prophet has been there with them."

Darby Translation
And when this cometh to pass (behold, it will come), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
when this cometh to pass--behold, it cometh--then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.'

King James Version (1611)
And when this commeth to passe, (loe it will come) then shall they know that a Prophet hath bene among them.

New Life Bible
When all this comes true, and it will, then they will know that a man of God has been among them."

New Revised Standard
When this comes—and come it will!—then they shall know that a prophet has been among them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when this commeth to passe (for loe, it will come) then shall they know, that a Prophet hath bene among them.

George Lamsa Translation
And when your words shall come to pass, then they shall know that you are a prophet among them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But when it cometh Lo! it is coming, Then shall they know that a prophet hath been in their midst.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when that which was foretold shall come to pass, for behold it is coming, then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Revised Standard Version
When this comes--and come it will! --then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But whenever it shall come to pass, they will say, Behold, it is come: and they shall know that there was a prophet in the midst of them.

Good News Translation
But when all your words come true—and they will come true—then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

Christian Standard Bible®
Yet when all this comes true—and it definitely will—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

Hebrew Names Version
When this comes to pass, (behold, it comes,) then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.

King James Version
And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Lexham English Bible
So when it comes, look! It is coming! And then they will know that a prophet was in the midst of them."

Literal Translation
So when it comes (behold, it is coming!), then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst.

Young's Literal Translation
And in its coming in -- lo, it hath come, And they have known that a prophet hath been in their midst!'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whe this commeth to passe (for lo, it cometh in dede) then shal they knowe, that there hath bene a prophet amonge them.

THE MESSAGE
"But when all this happens—and it is going to happen!—they'll realize that a prophet was among them."

New King James Version
And when this comes to pass--surely it will come--then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So when it comes to pass—as surely it will—then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst."

Legacy Standard Bible
So when it comes to pass—behold, it is coming—then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst."

Contextual Overview

³⁰ And thou sonne of man, the children of thy people that talke of thee by the waters and in the doores of their houses, and speake one to another, euery one to his brother, saying, Come I praye you, let vs heare what worde is gone foorth from the Lorde: ³¹ They come vnto thee as the people vseth to come, and my people syt before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter: for in their mouthes they make a iest of them, and their heart goeth after their couetousnes. ³² And lo, thou art vnto them as a testing song of one that hath a pleasaunt voyce, and can sing well: for they heare thy wordes, but do them not. ³³ When this commeth to passe (lo it commeth:) then shall they knowe that there hath ben a prophete among them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: 1 Samuel 3:19, 1 Samuel 3:20, Jeremiah 28:9

shall: Ezekiel 2:5, 2 Kings 5:8, Luke 10:11

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:14 - very Isaiah 9:9 - And all Ezekiel 12:15 - General Ezekiel 30:9 - lo Zechariah 2:11 - thou Malachi 2:4 - ye

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when this cometh to pass,.... The prophecy before delivered out, concerning the desolations in the land of Israel, by the sword, pestilence, and wild beasts:

lo, it will come; whatever is predicted by the Lord; in the mouth of his prophets, certainly comes to pass: then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them; and acknowledge it; and particularly that Ezekiel was one, a true prophet of the Lord, by the exact accomplishment of his predictions.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The exhortation to repentance. Ezekiel first addresses the remnant that still linger in their ancient home, and warns them against presumptuous hopes resting on false grounds Ezekiel 33:23-29; then he turns his eyes to those near him, and points out that their apparent attention to his words was illusory.

Ezekiel 33:24

Those wastes - The places in the holy land devastated by the conqueror.

Abraham - The argument is, Abraham was but one man, and he had the promise of the land, though he did not at once possess it; much more shall we, the descendants of Abraham, being many, retain this promise and possess the land, though for a time we are depressed and subject. Compare Matthew 3:9; John 8:33, John 8:39.

Ezekiel 33:25

To eat flesh with the blood was forbidden (see the marginal references). It seems to have been connected with the idolatries of Canaan. The prohibition was, on account of its connection with idolatry, continued in the enactment of the Council of Jerusalem Acts 15:29.

Ezekiel 33:26

Ye stand upon your sword - Ye put your trust in your swords.

Ezekiel 33:30-33

God warns the prophet against being misled by the compliance of the people.

Ezekiel 33:30

Against thee - Rather, about “thee.” “by the walls” Rather, within “the walls.”

Ezekiel 33:31

As the people cometh - literally, as in the margin, i. e., in crowds. Render it: they shall come “unto thee” like the coming of a people,” and” shall “sit before thee as My people” etc., i. e., they assume the attitude of God’s people listening to His prophet. Compare Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1.

Ezekiel 33:33

And when this - But when this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 33:33. When this cometh to pass - then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. — What I have predicted, (and it is even now at the doors,) then they will be convinced that there was a prophet among them, by whose ministry they did not profit as they ought.