Then the angel who talked with me answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
- BSB “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.
- NKJV Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
- NASB So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
- NLT “Don’t you know?” the angel asked. “No, my lord,” I replied.
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- Zech 4:13He answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
- Mark 4:13He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
- 1 Cor 2:12–15But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.
- Gen 41:16Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
- Dan 2:30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
- Ps 139:6This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
- Zech 1:9Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’” The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
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