Other translations
American Standard Version
Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
Darby Bible Translation
And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God: they say of me: Doth not this man speak by parables?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of parables?’”
God's Word
Then I said, "Oh no! Almighty LORD, no! The people already say that I'm only telling stories."
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?'"
NET Bible
Then I said, "O sovereign LORD! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'"
New American Standard Bible
Then I said, "Ah Lord GOD! They are saying of me, 'Is he not just speaking parables?'"
New International Version
Then I said, "Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, 'Isn't he just telling parables?'"
New Living Translation
Then I said, "O Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, 'He only talks in riddles!'"
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
The World English Bible
Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
EasyEnglish Bible
Then I said, ‘Almighty Lord, “The people are already saying that my stories make them confused.” ’
Young‘s Literal Translation
And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?
New Life Version
Then I said, “O Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling picture-stories?’”
The Voice Bible
Ezekiel: Eternal Lord, they are all talking about me, saying, “He’s just speaking in parables.”
Living Bible
Then I said, “O Lord God, they say of me, ‘He only talks in riddles!’”
New Catholic Bible
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, they are always saying of me, ‘He only speaks in riddles.’ ”
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”
Jubilee Bible 2000
Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?
Christian Standard Bible
Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just composing parables?’”
Amplified Bible © 1954
Then said I, Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, Does he not speak in parables and make allegories?
New Century Version
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! The people are saying about me, ‘He is only telling stories.’”
The Message
And I said, “O God, everyone is saying of me, ‘He just makes up stories.’”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, they are saying about me, ‘Doesn’t he just talk in puzzling parables?’”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’”
Good News Translation®
But I protested, “Sovereign Lord, don't make me do it! Everyone is already complaining that I always speak in riddles.”
Wycliffe Bible
And I said, A! A! A! Lord God, they say of me, Whether this man speaketh not by parables? (And I said, O! O! O! Lord God, they say of me, Speaketh this man only by parables?)
Contemporary English Version
But I complained, “Lord God, I don't want to do that! People already say I confuse them with my messages.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Then I said, ‘Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, “Is he not a maker of allegories?”’
Common English Bible © 2011
Then I said, “Oh, Lord God! They say about me, ‘Isn’t he one for making metaphors?’”
Amplified Bible © 2015
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not [just] speaking in parables and making allegories?’”
English Standard Version Anglicised
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, “Oh, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking in riddles?’”
The Expanded Bible
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! The people are saying about me, ‘·He is only [L Isn’t he just…?] telling ·stories [parables].’”
Revised Standard Version
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’”
New International Reader's Version
Then I said, “Lord and King, people are talking about me. They are saying, ‘Isn’t he just telling stories?’ ”
BRG Bible
Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Then I said, ‘Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, “Is he not a maker of allegories?”’
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Then said I, Ah Adonoi Hashem! They say of me, Doth he not speak meshalim (parables)?
Names of God Bible
Then I said, “Oh no! Adonay Yahweh, no! The people already say that I’m only telling stories.”
Modern English Version
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”
Easy-to-Read Version
Then I said, “Oh, Lord God! If I say this, the people will say that I am only telling them stories.”
International Children’s Bible
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! The people are saying about me, ‘He is only telling stories.’”
Lexham English Bible
Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh, they are saying about me, ‘Is he not posing a parable?’”
New International Version - UK
Then I said, ‘Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me, “Isn’t he just telling parables?”’