Ezekiel 20:49 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴⁹ Then I said, “Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁹ Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁹ Then said I, Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, Does he not speak in parables and make allegories?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁹ Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

Common English Bible

⁴⁹ Then I said, “Oh, LORD God! They say about me, ‘Isn’t he one for making metaphors?’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁹ And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "

Ezekiel 20:49 Cross References

Ezekiel 12:9

“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak an allegory to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 21:1

The word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 24:3

And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Set on the pot, set it on, pour in water also;

Ezekiel 37:18

And when your people say to you, ‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! behold, I have never defiled myself; from my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has foul flesh come into my mouth.”

Hosea 12:10

I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.

John 16:25

“I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.

Acts 17:18

Some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said, “What would this babbler say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.