| Ezekiel 20:49 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Then I said, "Ah Lord GOD! They are saying of me, 'Is he not just speaking parables?'" (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Then I said, "Oh no! Almighty LORD, no! The people already say that I'm only telling stories."(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? |
| ASV: | Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables? |
| BBE: | Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories? |
| DBY: | And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? |
| ERV: | Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables? |
| JPS: | Then said I: 'Ah Lord GOD! they say of me: Is he not a maker of parables?' |
| WBS: | Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? |
| WEB: | Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables? |
| YLT: | And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes? |
| Ezekiel 20:49 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ezekiel 17:2 "Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
Matthew 13:13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
John 16:25 "These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak {z} parables?
(z) The people said that the prophet spoke darkly: therefore he desires the Lord to give them a plain declaration of it. |
| WES: | 20:49 Parables - So absolutely, that we cannot understand him. |
| MHC: | 20:45-49 Judah and Jerusalem had been full of people, as a forest of trees, but empty of fruit. God's word prophesies against those who bring not forth the fruits of righteousness. When He will ruin a nation, who or what can save it? The plainest truths were as parables to the people. It is common for those who will not be wrought upon by the word, to blame it. |
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