Ezekiel 19:4

What does Ezekiel 19:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 19:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the nations heard of him, and took him, but not without receiving wounds: and they brought him in chains into the land of Egypt.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.

Context

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

v.4This passage

v.5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 22:18

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

  • Jeremiah 22:11

    For thus saith Jehovah touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went forth out of this place: He shall not return thither any more;

  • 2 Kings 23:33

    And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:4

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • 2 Kings 23:31

    Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:6

    Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

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