Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then I said, "O Lord GOD! They're saying about me, "Isn't he one to propound parables?'"
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?’”
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?
Youngs Literal Translation
And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 20:49
Verse Info
Context Readings
Fire In The South
48 Then everyone will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it, because it won't be extinguished."'" 49 Then I said, "O Lord GOD! They're saying about me, "Isn't he one to propound parables?'"
Names
Cross References
John 16:25
"I have said these things to you in figurative language. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of Man, compose a riddle and relate a parable to Israel's house.
Matthew 13:13-14
That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'
Acts 17:18
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, "What is this blabbermouth trying to say?" while others said, "He seems to be preaching about foreign gods." This was because Paul was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.