Ezekiel 12 — The exile sign and the end of delay — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 12:6, 12:12
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Ezekiel 12 — The exile sign and the end of delay
12:1–12:7 — Baggage, a wall and a covered face
Verse 12:1 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:1] YHWH’s word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:1] The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The word formula agrees.
Verse 12:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:2] “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but have not seen, ears to hear but have not heard, for they are a rebellious house.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:2] “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of their injustices. They have eyes to see and do not see, and ears to hear and do not hear, because they are an embittering house.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew’s opening rebellious house becomes Greek their injustices. Both retain eyes, ears and failed perception.
Verse 12:3 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:3] And you, son of man, prepare exile’s baggage for yourself and go into exile by day before their eyes. Go from your place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will see, though they are a rebellious house.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:3] And you, son of man, prepare captivity’s equipment for yourself by day before them. You will be taken captive from your place to another place before them, so that they may see, because they are an embittering house.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew has a separate go-into-exile command and perhaps; Greek uses passive captivity and a purpose clause.
Verse 12:4 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:4] Bring your baggage out like exile’s baggage by day before their eyes, and you yourself shall go out in the evening before their eyes, like those going out into exile.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:4] You will bring your equipment out like captivity’s equipment by day before their eyes, and you yourself will go out in the evening as a captive goes out.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek lacks the second before-their-eyes phrase and uses a singular captive.
Verse 12:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:5] Before their eyes, dig for yourself through the wall and bring it out through it.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:5] Before them, dig for yourself through the wall, and you will pass out through it.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew’s causative bringing-out action has the baggage as contextual object; Greek expressly makes the prophet pass through.
Verse 12:6 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:6] Before their eyes, carry it on your shoulder; bring it out in the dusk. Cover your face and do not see the land, for I have made you a portent to the house of Israel.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:6] Before them you will be lifted upon shoulders and go out concealed. Cover your face, and you certainly shall not see the land, for I have made you a portent to the house of Israel.”
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew has the prophet carry baggage upon a shoulder in dusk; Greek has the prophet himself lifted upon shoulders and concealed. The agency and action remain distinct.
Verse 12:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:7] I did so, as I was commanded. I brought my baggage out like exile’s baggage by day, and in the evening I dug for myself through the wall by hand. I brought it out in the dusk, carrying it on my shoulder before their eyes.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:7] I did so according to all that He commanded me. I brought equipment out like captivity’s equipment by day; in the evening I dug through the wall for myself and went out concealed. I was lifted upon shoulders before them.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek lacks by hand and preserves the passive carrying of the prophet from 12:6, against Hebrew’s carrying of baggage.
12:8–12:16 — The prince and the captives
Verse 12:8 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:8] In the morning YHWH’s word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:8] In the morning the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The morning word formula corresponds.
Verse 12:9 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:9] “Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:9] “Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the embittering house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The question agrees, with the established differing rebellion terms.
Verse 12:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:10] Say to them, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH: This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and the whole house of Israel who are among them.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:10] Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, the Lord: The ruler and the leader in Jerusalem and in the whole house of Israel, who are among them—’
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew names the prince and this burden; Greek names ruler and leader in a suspended nominal construction, without burden. The doubled Greek Lord is retained.
Verse 12:11 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:11] Say, ‘I am your portent. As I have done, so it will be done to them; into exile, into captivity they will go.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:11] Say, ‘I perform portents in her midst. As I have done, so it will be for them; in deportation and captivity they will go.’
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew identifies Ezekiel as their portent; Greek has him perform plural portents in her midst.
Verse 12:12 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:12] The prince among them will carry on his shoulder in the dusk and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring it out through it. He will cover his face, because he will not see the land with his eye.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:12] The ruler among them will be lifted upon shoulders and go out concealed through the wall. He will dig through it to go out through it. He will cover his face so that he may not be seen by an eye, and he himself will not see the land.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew’s ruler carries and unnamed others dig; Greek’s ruler is carried and himself digs. Greek separately adds avoiding being seen, before his own inability to see the land.
Verse 12:13 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:13] I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the Chaldeans’ land, yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:13] I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My enclosure. I will bring him to Babylon, to the Chaldeans’ land, and he will not see it, and there he will die.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The capture, unseen destination and death correspond. No historical name is inserted into either column.
Verse 12:14 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:14] All those around him, his help and all his troops, I will scatter to every wind; I will draw a sword after them.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:14] All those around him, his helpers and all who support him, I will scatter to every wind; I will draw a sword after them.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew troops becomes Greek those supporting him.
Verse 12:15 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:15] They will know that I am YHWH when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:15] They will know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations, and I will disperse them among the countries.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Recognition through scattering corresponds.
Verse 12:16 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:16] I will leave a few men of them from sword, famine and pestilence, so that they may recount all their abominations among the nations where they have gone, and they will know that I am YHWH.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:16] I will leave a few men of them from sword, famine and death, so that they may recount all their lawlessness among the nations where they entered, and they will know that I am the Lord.”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The remnant’s testimony agrees; Hebrew pestilence contrasts with Greek death.
12:17–12:20 — Bread and water in distress
Verse 12:17 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:17] YHWH’s word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:17] The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The renewed word formula corresponds.
Verse 12:18 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:18] “Son of man, eat your bread with shaking, and drink your water with trembling and anxiety.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:18] “Son of man, eat your bread with pain, and drink your water with torment and distress,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew emphasizes bodily shaking and anxiety; Greek pain, torment and distress.
Verse 12:19 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:19] Say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH concerning Jerusalem’s inhabitants upon Israel’s soil: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with dismay, so that her land may be desolated, stripped of its fullness, because of the violence of all who dwell in her.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:19] and say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord to Jerusalem’s inhabitants upon Israel’s land: They will eat their bread with want and drink their water with devastation, so that the land may be destroyed with its fullness, for all who dwell in it are in impiety.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew anxiety/dismay becomes Greek want/devastation; Hebrew desolation from fullness becomes Greek destruction with fullness. The indictment shifts from violence to impiety.
Verse 12:20 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:20] The inhabited cities will be ruined, and the land will be desolate. You will know that I am YHWH.’”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:20] Their inhabited cities will be made desolate, and the land will become a devastation. You will recognize that I am the Lord.’”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek explicitly says their cities; the judgment and recognition agree.
12:21–12:28 — The proverb about distant days
Verse 12:21 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:21] YHWH’s word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:21] The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The renewed word formula corresponds.
Verse 12:22 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:22] “Son of man, what is this proverb you have concerning Israel’s soil, saying, ‘The days grow long, and every vision perishes’?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:22] “Son of man, what is this proverb you have concerning Israel’s land, saying, ‘The days are far off; vision has perished’?
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew days lengthen and every vision perishes; Greek days are distant and vision has perished.
Verse 12:23 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:23] Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH: I have put an end to this proverb; they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel.’ Instead, speak to them: ‘The days have drawn near, and the word of every vision.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:23] Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: I will turn back this proverb, and the house of Israel certainly will no longer say this proverb.’ For you shall speak to them: ‘The days have drawn near, and the word of every vision,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew speaks of ending the proverb as accomplished; Greek as future. Both retain word of every vision, without adding an explicit fulfillment noun.
Verse 12:24 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:24] For there will no longer be any empty vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:24] because there will no longer be any false vision or anyone divining pleasing things among the sons of Israel,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew names flattering divination; Greek names its practitioner. House becomes sons.
Verse 12:25 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:25] For I, YHWH, will speak what I will speak—a word, and it will be done. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, rebellious house, I will speak a word and do it, declares Lord YHWH.’”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:25] because I, the Lord, will speak My words; I will speak and act, and I certainly will delay no longer. For in your days, embittering house, I will speak a word and act, says the Lord.’”
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek has plural My words and God’s active speaking, doing and refusal to delay; Hebrew first describes the word being done and no longer delayed.
Verse 12:26 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:26] YHWH’s word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:26] The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The renewed word formula corresponds.
Verse 12:27 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:27] “Son of man, behold, the house of Israel says, ‘The vision he sees is for many days ahead; he prophesies for distant times.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:27] “Son of man, behold, the embittering house of Israel keeps saying, ‘The vision this man sees is for many days ahead; this man prophesies for long times.’
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek adds embittering and doubles the saying expression, rendered keeps saying.
Verse 12:28 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[12:28] Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH: None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be done, declares Lord YHWH.’”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[12:28] Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: None of My words that I may speak will be prolonged any longer. I will speak and act, says the Lord.’”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek closes with explicit divine speaking and acting where Hebrew says the spoken word will be done.