Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 7:26
American Standard Version
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
Amplified® Bible
Calamity shall come upon calamity and rumor shall be upon rumor, and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; and the law {and} instruction shall cease from the [distracted] priest and counsel from the [dismayed] elders.
Contemporary English Version
One tragedy will follow another, and you'll hear only bad news. People will beg prophets to give them a message from me. Priests will stop teaching my Law, and wise leaders won't be able to give advice.
Darby English Version
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
Good News Bible
One disaster will follow another, and a steady stream of bad news will pour in. You will beg the prophets to reveal what they foresee. The priests will have nothing to teach the people, and the elders will have no advice to give.
King James Version
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
New American Standard Bible
`Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be {added} to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders.
New International Version
Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will try to get a vision from the prophet; the teaching of the law by the priest will be lost, as will the counsel of the elders.
New King James Version
Disaster will come upon disaster,
And rumor will be upon rumor.
Then they will seek a vision from a prophet;
But the law will perish from the priest,
And counsel from the elders.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will add to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will become lost from the priest and counsel from the elders.
Revised Standard Version
Disaster comes upon disaster, rumor follows rumor; they seek a vision from the prophet, but the law perishes from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
Young's Literal Translation
Mischief on mischief cometh, and report is on report, And they have sought a vision from a prophet, And law doth perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders,
