Ezekiel 29:11
What does Ezekiel 29:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 29:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
KJV
King James Version · 1611No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949No foot of man will go through it and no foot of beast, and it will be unpeopled for forty years.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Not pass over into it doth a foot of man, Yea, the foot of beast doth not pass into it, Nor is it inhabited forty years.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The foot of man shall not pass through it, neither shall the foot of beasts go through it: nor shall it be inhabited during forty years.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890No foot of man shall pass through it, nor shall foot of beast pass through it, nor shall it be inhabited, forty years.
Context
v.10therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even unto the border of Ethiopia.
v.11This passage
v.12And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 23:17
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
- Isaiah 23:15
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.
- 2 Chronicles 36:21
to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
- Ezekiel 30:10
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 25:11
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
- Jeremiah 43:11
And he shall come, and shall smite the land of Egypt; such as are for death shall be given to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.
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