KJV
ASV
49. Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
ESV
49. Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! They are saying of me, 'Is he not a maker of parables?'"
ERVEN
49. Then I said, "Oh, Lord God! If I say this, the people will say that I am only telling them stories."
NLT
49. Then I said, "O Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, 'He only talks in riddles!'"
WEB
49. Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
NET
49. Then I said, "O sovereign LORD! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'"
NLV
49. Then I said, "O Lord God! They are saying of me, 'Is he not just telling picture-stories?' "
HCSB
49. Then I said, "Ah, Lord God, they are saying of me: Isn't he [just] posing riddles?"
YLT
49. And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?
LITV
49. Then I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! They are saying of me, Does he not speak in parables?
RV
49. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
NCV
49. Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! The people are saying about me, 'He is only telling stories.'"
MKJV
49. And I said, Ah Lord Jehovah! They say of me, Does he not speak parables?
AKJV
49. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?
LXXEN
49. And I said, [See Ac 10:14] Not so, O Lord God! they say to me, Is not this that is spoken a parable?
KJV
49. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
AMP
49. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, Does he not speak in parables and make allegories?
KJVP
49. Then said H559 W-VQY1MS I , Ah H162 Lord H136 EDS GOD H3069 ! they H1992 PPRO-3MP say H559 of me , Doth he H1931 PPRO-3MS not H3808 I-NADV speak H4911 parables H4912 ?
YLT
49. And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?
ASV
49. Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
WEB
49. Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
NASB
ESV
49. Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! They are saying of me, 'Is he not a maker of parables?'"
RV
49. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
RSV
49. Then I said, "Ah Lord GOD! they are saying of me, `Is he not a maker of allegories?'"
NKJV
49. Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! They say of me, 'Does he not speak parables?' "
MKJV
49. And I said, Ah Lord Jehovah! They say of me, Does he not speak parables?
AKJV
49. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?
NRSV
49. Then I said, "Ah Lord GOD! they are saying of me, 'Is he not a maker of allegories?'"
NIV
49. Then I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD! They are saying of me,`Isn't he just telling parables?'"
NIRV
49. Then I said, "Lord and King, people are talking about me. They are saying, 'Isn't he just telling stories?' "
NLT
49. Then I said, "O Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, 'He only talks in riddles!'"
MSG
49. And I said, "O GOD, everyone is saying of me, 'He just makes up stories.'"
GNB
49. But I protested, "Sovereign LORD, don't make me do it! Everyone is already complaining that I always speak in riddles."
NET
49. Then I said, "O sovereign LORD! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'"
ERVEN
49. Then I said, "Oh, Lord God! If I say this, the people will say that I am only telling them stories."