Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?
New American Standard Bible
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking
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?
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, they say to me, Does he not use 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?
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 20:49
Verse Info
Context Readings
Fire In The South
48 And seen have all flesh, that I, Jehovah, have kindled it -- it is not quenched.' 49 And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?
Names
Cross References
John 16:25
'These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.
Ezekiel 17:2
'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,
Matthew 13:13-14
'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,
Acts 17:18
And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,