The Meaning of Ezekiel 12:22 Explained

Ezekiel 12:22

KJV: Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

YLT: Son of man, what is this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?

Darby: Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?

ASV: Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Son  of man,  what [is] that proverb  [that] ye have in the land  of Israel,  saying,  The days  are prolonged,  and every vision  faileth? 

What does Ezekiel 12:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 12

1  Under the type of Ezekiel's removing
8  is shown the captivity of Zedekiah
17  Ezekiel's trembling shows the Jews' desolation
21  The Jews' presumptuous proverb is reproved
26  The speediness of the vision

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 12:22 mean?

Son of man what [is] proverb this [that] you [people] have about the land of Israel which says are prolonged the days and fails every vision
בֶּן־ אָדָ֗ם מָֽה־ הַמָּשָׁ֤ל הַזֶּה֙ לָכֶ֔ם עַל־ אַדְמַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר יַֽאַרְכוּ֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים ؟ וְאָבַ֖ד כָּל־ חָזֽוֹן

בֶּן־  Son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֗ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
מָֽה־  what  [is] 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
הַמָּשָׁ֤ל  proverb 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָשָׁל  
Sense: proverb, parable.
הַזֶּה֙  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
לָכֶ֔ם  [that]  you  [people]  have 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
עַל־  about 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אַדְמַ֥ת  the  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֲדָמָה 
Sense: ground, land.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
לֵאמֹ֑ר  which  says 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יַֽאַרְכוּ֙  are  prolonged 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָרַךְ 
Sense: to be long, prolong.
הַיָּמִ֔ים  the  days 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
؟ וְאָבַ֖ד  and  fails 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
כָּל־  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
חָזֽוֹן  vision 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָזׄון  
Sense: vision.