Ezekiel 20:49

In 10 translations

BSB

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

KJV

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

WEB

Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”

ASV

Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

LSV

And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, || They are saying of me, || Is he not using allegories?”

YLT

And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?

DBY

And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

DRC

And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God: they say of me: Doth not this man speak by parables?

JPS21:5

Then said I: 'Ah Lord GOD! they say of me: Is he not a maker of parables?'

LXXE21:5

And I said, Not so, O Lord God! they say to me, Is not this that is spoken a parable?

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WLC21:5

וָאֹמַ֕ר אֲהָ֖הּ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הֵ֚מָּה אֹמְרִ֣ים לִ֔י הֲלֹ֛א מְמַשֵּׁ֥ל מְשָׁלִ֖ים הֽוּא׃KJV:Ezek.20.49

LXX-Br21:5

Καὶ εἶπα, μηδαμῶς Κύριε Κύριε· αὐτοὶ λέγουσι πρὸς μὲ, οὐχὶ παραβολή ἐστι λεγομένη αὕτη;

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• John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
• Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
• Matthew 13:13–14This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;…
• Acts 17:18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was…

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