Ezekiel 20:49 Then I said, "Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, 'Isn't he just telling parables?'"

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then I said, "Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, 'Isn't he just telling parables?'"

English Standard Version
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of parables?’”

New American Standard Bible
Then I said, "Ah Lord GOD! They are saying of me, 'Is he not just speaking parables?'"

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

Holman Christian Standard 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?'"

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God: they say of me: Doth not this man speak by parables?

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

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

Cross References

Matthew 13:13
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

John 16:25
These things have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the time comes, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.

Ezekiel 4:14
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Ezekiel 12:9
Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What do you?

Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 21:1
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 24:3
And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

Ezekiel 37:18
And when the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?

Hosea 12:10
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:45-49 Judah and Jerusalem had been full of people, as a forest of trees, but empty of fruit. God's word prophesies against those who bring not forth the fruits of righteousness. When He will ruin a nation, who or what can save it? The plainest truths were as parables to the people. It is common for those who will not be wrought upon by the word, to blame it.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

49. Ezekiel complains that by this parabolic form of prophecy he only makes himself and it a jest to his countrymen. God therefore in Eze 21:1-32 permits him to express the same prophecy more plainly.