Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?
And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Ezekiel — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
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. 1. Et fuit anno septimo, quinto mense, decimo mensis venerunt viri e senioribus…