Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Son of man Put thou forth a riddle And speak thou a parable,- Unto the house of Israel:
New American Standard Bible
“Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a
King James Version
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Holman Bible
“Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
International Standard Version
"Son of Man, compose a riddle and relate a parable to Israel's house.
A Conservative Version
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
American Standard Version
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Amplified
“Son of man, ask a riddle and tell a
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,
Darby Translation
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,
Julia Smith Translation
Son of man, propose an enigma and use a parable to the house of Israel;
King James 2000
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Son of man, tell a riddle and quote a proverb to the house of Israel,
Modern King James verseion
Son of man, put out a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thou son of man, put forth a dark speaking and a parable unto the house of Israel,
NET Bible
"Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.
New Heart English Bible
"Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Webster
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
World English Bible
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Youngs Literal Translation
'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 17:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Parable Of Two Eagles And A Vine
2 Son of man Put thou forth a riddle And speak thou a parable,- Unto the house of Israel: 3 So then thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, - A great eagle, with large wings of long pinion, full of plumage, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:49
Then said I, Ah! My Lord Yahweh: They are saying of me, Is not he a putter forth of parables?
Judges 9:8-15
The trees, went their way, to anoint over them, a king, - and they said unto the olive tree - Reign thou over us.
Judges 14:12-19
And Samson said unto them, I pray you let me put you forth a riddle, - if ye, tell, it me, within the seven days of the banquet, and find it out, then will I give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of raiment;
2 Samuel 12:1-4
So then Yahweh sent Nathan the prophet unto David, - who therefore came unto him and said to him - Two men, there were in a certain city, the one, rich, and, the other, poor.
Ezekiel 24:3
Put thou forth therefore, against the perverse house a parable, and say unto them Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh: Sot on the caldron set it on, Moreover also pour into it water:
Hosea 12:10
And I will lay my word upon the prophets, yea, I myself, have magnified, vision, - and, by the hand of the prophets, will I use similitudes.
Matthew 13:13-14
For this reason, in parables, unto them, do I speak, - because, seeing, they see not, and, hearing, they hear not, - neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through the prophet, saying - I will open, in parables, my mouth, I will bring up things hidden from the foundation!
Mark 4:33-34
And, with many such parables as these, was he speaking unto them the word, - according as they were able to hear;
1 Corinthians 13:12
For we see, as yet, through a dim window, obscurely, but, then, face to face: as yet, I gain knowledge, in part, but, then, shall I fully know, even as I was also fully known.