And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?
When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
`And when sons of thy people speak unto thee, saying, Dost thou not declare to us what these are to thee?
And when the children of my people speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not declare unto us what thou meanest by these?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)