Ezekiel 17:13
What does Ezekiel 17:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 17:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he shall take one of the king's seed, and make a covenant with him, and take an oath of him. Yea, and he shall take away the mighty men of the land,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he took of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and he took away the mighty of the land;
Context
v.12Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon.
v.13This passage
v.14that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 36:13
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
- Jeremiah 24:1
Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 29:2
(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem),
- Ezekiel 17:5
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.
- Jeremiah 5:2
And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
- Jeremiah 37:1
And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
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