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Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

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ASV

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

KJV

Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֹמַ֕רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
אֲהָ֖הּ'a.Hahalas!H162 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiO LordH136 →
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
הֵ֚מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
אֹמְרִ֣ים'o.me.Rim[are] sayingH559 →
לִ֔יLiof me
הֲלֹ֛אha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
מְמַשֵּׁ֥לme.ma.Shelmaking a parableH4911 →
מְשָׁלִ֖יםme.sha.LimparablesH4912 →
הֽוּא׃ פHu'[is] heH1931 →

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Ezekiel 4:14“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”Ezekiel 24:3Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.Hosea 12:10I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”Ezekiel 12:9“Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’Ezekiel 37:18When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’Matthew 13:3And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.Galatians 4:24These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.Genesis 19:14So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.Judges 14:12“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.Matthew 13:13–14This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’Acts 17:18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of IsraelPsalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:Ezekiel 21:7And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”Ezekiel 24:19Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”2 Kings 14:9But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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