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Ezekiel 14:1

And men of the eldris of Israel camen to me, and saten bifor me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Government;   Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elder;   Leadership;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Synagogue;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Church;   Scriptures;   Synagogue;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exile;   Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elder;   Ezekiel;   Government;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Idolatry;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;   Idolatry;   Synagogue;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Elder;   Gerusia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.
Hebrew Names Version
Then came certain of the Zakenim of Yisra'el to me, and sat before me.
King James Version
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
English Standard Version
Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
New American Standard Bible
Then some elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.
New Century Version
Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.
Amplified Bible
Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me [seeking an oracle from God] and sat down before me.
World English Bible
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came certaine of the Elders of Israel vnto me, and sate before me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then some elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then some elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.
Berean Standard Bible
Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
Contemporary English Version
One day, some of Israel's leaders came to me and asked for a message from the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
Then certain of Isra'el's leaders came to me; and while they were sitting with me,
Darby Translation
And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
Easy-to-Read Version
Some of the elders of Israel came to me. They sat down to talk with me.
George Lamsa Translation
THEN came certain of the elders of Israel to me to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
Good News Translation
Some of the leaders of the Israelites came to consult me about the Lord 's will.
Lexham English Bible
And men from the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat before me.
Literal Translation
And the men of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There resorted vnto me certayne of ye elders of Israel, & sat downe by me.
American Standard Version
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
Bible in Basic English
Then certain of the responsible men of Israel came to me and took their seats before me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
King James Version (1611)
Then came certaine of the Elders of Israel vnto me, and sate before me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
There resorted vnto me certayne of the elders of Israel, and sate downe by me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there came to me men of the people of Israel, of the elders, and sat before me.
English Revised Version
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
Update Bible Version
Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me, and sat before me.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
New English Translation
Then some men from Israel's elders came to me and sat down in front of me.
New King James Version
Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
New Living Translation
Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were sitting with me,
New Life Bible
Then some leaders of Israel came and sat down in front of me.
New Revised Standard
Certain elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came there unto me men, of the elders of Israel, - and sat before me -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of the ancients of Israel came to me, and sat before me.
Revised Standard Version
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me; and sat before me.
Young's Literal Translation
And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.
THE MESSAGE
Some of the leaders of Israel approached me and sat down with me. God 's Message came to me: "Son of Man, these people have installed idols in their hearts. They have embraced the wickedness that will ruin them. Why should I even bother with their prayers? Therefore tell them, ‘The Message of God , the Master: All in Israel who install idols in their hearts and embrace the wickedness that will ruin them and still have the gall to come to a prophet, be on notice: I, God , will step in and personally answer them as they come dragging along their mob of idols. I am ready to go to work on the hearts of the house of Israel, all of whom have left me for their idols.'

Contextual Overview

1 And men of the eldris of Israel camen to me, and saten bifor me. 2 And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, 3 these men han set her vnclennesses in her hertis, and han set stidfastli the sclaundre of her wickidnesse ayens her face. Whether Y `that am axid, schal answere to hem? 4 For this thing speke thou to hem, and thou schalt seie to hem, These thingis seith the Lord God, A man, a man of the hous of Israel, that settith hise vnclennessis in his herte, and settith stidfastli the sclaundre of his wickidnesse ayens his face, and cometh to the profete, and axith me bi hym, Y the Lord schal answere to hym in the multitude of hise vnclennessis; 5 that the hous of Israel be takun in her herte, bi which thei yeden awei fro me in alle her idols. 6 Therfor seie thou to the hous of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, Be ye conuertid, and go ye awei fro youre idols, and turne awei youre faces fro alle youre filthis. 7 For whi a man, a man of the hous of Israel, and of conuersis, who euer is a comelyng in Israel, if he is alienyd fro me, and settith hise idols in his herte, and settith stidfastli the sclaundir of his wickidnesse ayens his face, and he cometh to the profete, to axe me bi hym, Y the Lord schal answere hym bi my silf. 8 And Y schal sette my face on that man, and Y schal make hym in to ensaumple, and in to a prouerbe, and Y schal leese hym fro the myddis of my puple; and ye schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. 9 And whanne a profete errith, and spekith a word, Y the Lord schal disseyue that profete; and Y schal stretche forth myn hond on hym, and Y schal do hym awei fro the myddis of my puple Israel. 10 And thei schulen bere her wickidnesse; bi the wickidnesse of the axere, so the wickidnesse of the profete schal be;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

certain: Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 20:1, 2 Kings 6:32, Acts 4:5, Acts 4:8

and sat: Ezekiel 33:31, Isaiah 29:13, Luke 10:39, Acts 22:3

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:21 - inquire Isaiah 21:12 - if Ezekiel 7:26 - then Ezekiel 8:12 - ancients

Cross-References

Genesis 10:22
The sones of Sem weren Elam, and Assur, and Arfaxath, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 11:2
And whanne thei yeden forth fro the eest, thei fonden a feeld in the lond of Sennaar, and dwelliden ther ynne.
Isaiah 11:11
And it schal be in that day, the Lord schal adde the secounde tyme his hond to haue in possessioun the residue of his puple that schal be left, of Assiriens, and of Egipt, and of Fethros, and of Ethiope, and of Elan, and of Sennar, and of Emath, and of ylis of the see.
Isaiah 21:2
An hard reuelacioun is teld to me; he that is vnfeithful, doith vnfeithfuli; and he that is a distriere, distrieth. Thou Helam, stie, and thou, Meda, biseche; Y made al the weilyng therof for to ceesse.
Isaiah 22:6
And Helam took an arowe caas, and the chare of an horse man; and the scheeld made nakid the wal.
Isaiah 37:12
Whethir the goddis of folkis delyuereden hem, whiche my fadris distrieden; Gosan, and Aran, and Reseph, and the sones of Eden, that weren in Thalasar?
Jeremiah 25:25
and to alle the kingis of Zambri, and to alle the kingis of Elam, and to alle the kyngis of Medeis; and to alle the kingis of the north,
Ezekiel 32:24
There is Helam, and al the multitude therof bi the cumpas of his sepulcre; alle these weren slayn, and fallynge doun bi swerd, that yeden doun vncircumcidid to the laste lond; whiche settiden her drede in the lond of lyuynge men, and baren her schenschipe with hem that goon doun in to the lake.
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord bitook in his hond Joachym, the kyng of Juda, and he took a part of the vessels of the hous of God; and he bar out tho in to the lond of Sennaar, in to the hous of his god, and he took the vessels in to the hous of tresour of his god.
Zechariah 5:11
And he seide to me, That an hous be bildid therto in the lond of Sennaar, and be stablischid, and set there on his foundement.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came certain, of the elders of Israel unto me,.... The Syriac version adds, "to consult the Lord"; by the prophet. These, according to Kimchi, were the elders of the captivity, the heads of the captives that were now in Babylon with Ezekiel: but there are others that think they were some that came from Jerusalem to Babylon on some business or another; and having heard much of the prophet, came to visit him, and to hear his prophecies, and inquire of the Lord by him:

and sat before me; silent and pensive, as persons in anxiety and distress; or as hearers of him, for sitting is a hearing gesture; they sat and heard with great attention, gravity, and seriousness, with seeming affection and reverence; and all this was not in a visionary way, but was a real fact; see Ezekiel 33:31.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Elders of Israel - Some of the fellow-exiles of Ezekiel, among whom he ministered.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIV

Here God threatens those hypocrites who pretended to worship

him, while they loved and practised idolatry, 1-11.

He declares his irreversible purpose of punishing so guilty a

nation, in behalf of which no intercession of the people of God

shall be of any avail. The gross idolaters of Jerusalem and

Judah shall be visited with God's four sore judgments, famine,

12-14;

wild beasts, 15, 16;

the sword, 17, 18;

and pestilence, 19-21.

A remnant shall be delivered from the wrath coming upon the

whole land, 22, 23.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV

Verse Ezekiel 14:1. Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me — These probably came to tempt him, or get him to say something that would embroil him with the government. They were bad men, as we shall see in the third verse.


 
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