Ezekiel 14:1 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Cross References

2 Kings 6:32
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

Isaiah 29:13
Why the Lord said, For as much as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Ezekiel 8:1
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there on me.

Ezekiel 14:2
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 20:1
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.

Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.

Ezekiel 33:32
And, see, you are to them as a very lovely song of one that has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear your words, but they do them not.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

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.