(A)“Son of man, (B)propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

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“Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.(A)

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Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

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The Queen of Sheba

10 (A)Now when (B)the queen of (C)Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came (D)to test him with hard questions.

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The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon(A)

10 When the queen of Sheba(B) heard about the fame(C) of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions.(D)

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10 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

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(A)I will open my mouth (B)in a parable;
    I will utter dark sayings from of old,

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I will open my mouth with a parable;(A)
    I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

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I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

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to understand a proverb and a saying,
    (A)the words of the wise and their (B)riddles.

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for understanding proverbs and parables,(A)
    the sayings and riddles(B) of the wise.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

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