Ezekiel 19:2

Ezekiel chapter 19 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

King James Version · 1611

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

American Standard Version · 1901

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

v.1Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

v.2This passage

v.3And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Nahum 2:11
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
Psalms 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!
Zechariah 11:3
A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.
Job 4:11
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
Isaiah 5:29
their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.