Ezekiel 14:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.”
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BSBPD
“Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Ezekiel 14:1 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 6:32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
- Isaiah 21:12The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
- Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- Ezekiel 8:1In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
- Ezekiel 20:1In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
- Ezekiel 20:3“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
- Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
- Acts 4:5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
- Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
- Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
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