KJV King James Version
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
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Ezekiel 20:49
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
WEB World English Bible
Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn’t he a speaker of parables?
ASV American Standard Version
Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I say, ‘Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 20
46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Cross-references
John 16:25These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.Matthew 13:13-14Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
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