He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
- BSB Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
- NKJV And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, “His name is John.” So they all marveled.
- NASB And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
- NLT He motioned for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s surprise he wrote, “His name is John.”
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Cross-references · 6
- Isa 30:8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
- Luke 1:60His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
- Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
- Jer 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.
- Hab 2:2Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.
- Prov 3:3Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
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