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One Nation with One King

Ezekiel 37:18

In 11 translations

BSB
When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
KJV
¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
WEB
“When the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’
ASV
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?
LSV
And when sons of your people speak to you, saying, Do you not declare to us what these [are] to you?
YLT
'And when sons of thy people speak unto thee, saying, Dost thou not declare to us what these [are] to thee?
DBY
And when the children of my people speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not declare unto us what thou meanest by these?
DRC
And when the children of thy people shall speak to thee, saying: Wilt thou not tell us what thou meanest by this?
GNV
And when the children of thy people shall speake vnto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shewe vs what thou meanest by these?
JPS
And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying: Wilt thou not tell us what thou meanest by these?
LXXE
And it shall come to pass, when the children of thy people shall say to thee, Wilt thou not tell us what thou meanest by these things?

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְכַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ יֹאמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ בְּנֵ֥י עַמְּךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר הֲלֽוֹא־תַגִּ֥יד לָ֖נוּ מָה־אֵ֥לֶּה לָּֽךְ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔσται ὅταν λέγωσι πρὸς σὲ οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου, οὐκ ἀναγγέλλεις ἡμῖν, τί ἐστι ταῦτά σοι;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 24:19Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
  • Ezekiel 12:9“Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
  • Ezekiel 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
  • Ezekiel 17:12“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

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