Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
Parallel translations
- KJV Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
- BSB Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
- ESV Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
- NKJV then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’
- NASB Then you will begin saying, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets!’
- NLT Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
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Cross-references · 3
- Isa 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.
- Titus 1:16They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
- 2 Tim 3:5holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
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