Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, they say to me, Does he not use parables?

New American Standard Bible

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”

International Standard Version

Then I said, "O Lord GOD! They're saying about me, "Isn't he one to propound parables?'"

A Conservative Version

Then I said, Ah lord LORD! They say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not [just] speaking in parables and making allegories?’”

Bible in Basic English

Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories?

Darby Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, they are saying about me, '[Is] he not posing a parable?'"

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then said I, "O LORD, they will say of me, 'Tush, they are but fables that he telleth.'"

NET Bible

Then I said, "O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'"

New Heart English Bible

Then I said, "Ah Lord GOD. They say of me, 'Isn't he a speaker of parables?'"

The Emphasized Bible

Then said I, Ah! My Lord Yahweh: They are saying of me, Is not he a putter forth of parables?

Webster

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

World English Bible

Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I, Ah
אההּ 
'ahahh 
Ah, Alas, O
Usage: 15

אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

God
יהוה 
Y@hovih 
Usage: 302

of me, Doth he not speak
משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 16

References

Context Readings

Fire In The South

48 And all flesh saw that I Jehovah kindled it: it shall not be quenched. 49 And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, they say to me, Does he not use parables?



Cross References

John 16:25

These have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the hour comes, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but with freedom of speech will I announce to you of the Father.

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, propose an enigma and use a parable to the house of Israel;

Matthew 13:13-14

For this I speak to them in parables: for seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Acts 17:18

And certain of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers deliberated with him. And certain said, What may this idle, talkative man wish to say? and others, He seems to be a declarer of strange demons: because he announced to them good news, and the rising up.

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