I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
NIV
Now I say this for your own welfare and profit, not to put [a halter of] restraint upon you, but to promote what is seemly and in good order and to secure your undistracted and undivided devotion to the Lord.
AMP
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
KJV
"Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Have you come to inquire of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign LORD.'"
NIV
Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you!
AMP
Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
KJV
If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.
NIV
But if there is anything they want to learn, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to talk in church [for her to usurp and exercise authority over men in the church].
AMP
And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
KJV
"As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, 'Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD.'"
NIV
As for you, son of man, your people who talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses say one to another, every one to his brother, Come and hear what the word is that comes forth from the Lord.
AMP
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
KJV
"Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I."
NIV
Therefore My people shall know what My name is and what it means; therefore they shall know in that day that I am He who speaks; behold, I AM! [Exod. 3:13, 14.]AMP
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
KJV
Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
NIV
There is gold, and a multitude of pearls, but the lips of knowledge are a vase of preciousness [the most precious of all]. [Job 28:12, 16-19; Prov. 3:15; 8:11.]AMP
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
KJV
Then the officers shall add, "Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that the others will not become disheartened too."
NIV
And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, What man is fearful and fainthearted? Let him return to his house, lest [because of him] his brethren's [minds and] hearts faint as does his own.
AMP
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
KJV
