Ezekiel 14:1
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New International Version (©2011)
Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were sitting with me,

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then some elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Later, some men from the elders of Israel came to visit me. After they had sat down in my presence,

NET Bible (©2006)
Then some men from Israel's elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Some of Israel's leaders came to me and sat down in front of me.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

American King James Version
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.

American Standard Version
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of the ancients of Israel came to me, and sat before me.

Darby Bible Translation
And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

English Revised Version
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.

World English Bible
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.

Young's Literal Translation
And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:1-11 No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their own righteousness, to the way of salvation! Men's corruptions are idols in their hearts, and are of their own setting up; God will let them take their course. Sin renders the sinner odious in the eyes of the pure and holy God; and in his own eyes also, whenever conscience is awakened. Let us seek to be cleansed from the guilt and pollution of sins, in that fountain which the Lord has opened.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 1. - As the result, probably, of the previous utterances, certain elders of Israel, i.e. of the exiles in Tel-Abib, came to consult Ezekiel, wishing to know what counsels or what predictions he had for them. In Ezekiel 8:1 we have "the elders of Judah," and it is possible that there were two groups in the Population of the town, and that these represented Israel as distinct from Judah - a deputation, as it were, from the earlier exiles. The term appears again in Ezekiel 20:1. More probably, however, the terms are used interchangeably.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then came certain, of the elders of Israel unto me,.... The Syriac version adds, "to consult the Lord"; by the prophet. These, according to Kimchi, were the elders of the captivity, the heads of the captives that were now in Babylon with Ezekiel: but there are others that think they were some that came from Jerusalem to Babylon on some business or another; and having heard much of the prophet, came to visit him, and to hear his prophecies, and inquire of the Lord by him:

and sat before me; silent and pensive, as persons in anxiety and distress; or as hearers of him, for sitting is a hearing gesture; they sat and heard with great attention, gravity, and seriousness, with seeming affection and reverence; and all this was not in a visionary way, but was a real fact; see Ezekiel 33:31.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 14

Eze 14:1-23. Hypocritical Inquirers Are Answered According to Their Hypocrisy. The Calamities Coming on the People; but a Remnant Is to Escape.

1. elders—persons holding that dignity among the exiles at the Chebar. Grotius refers this to Seraiah and those sent with him from Judea (Jer 51:59). The prophet's reply, first, reflecting on the character of the inquirers, and, secondly, foretelling the calamities coming on Judea, may furnish an idea of the subject of their inquiry.

sat before me—not at once able to find a beginning of their speech; indicative of anxiety and despondency.

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Idolatrous Elders Condemned
1Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me. 2And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 3Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? …

2 Kings 6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, "Don't you see how this murderer is sending someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it shut against him. Is not the sound of his master's footsteps behind him?"
Isaiah 29:13 The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.
Ezekiel 8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came on me there.
Ezekiel 14:2 Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Ezekiel 20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month on the tenth day, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down in front of me.
Ezekiel 33:31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
Ezekiel 33:32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.