Ezekiel 29:14
What does Ezekiel 29:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 29:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I will let the fate of Egypt be changed, and will make them come back into the land of Pathros, into the land from which they came; and there they will be an unimportant kingdom.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I have turned back <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Egypt, And I have brought them back <FI>To<Fi> the land of Pathros, to the land of their birth, And they have been there a low kingdom.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will place them in the land of Phatures, in the land of their nativity, and they shall be there a low kingdom:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and I will turn again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth, and they shall there be a base kingdom.
Context
v.13For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered;
v.14This passage
v.15It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 10:14
and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
- 1 Chronicles 1:12
and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
- Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
- Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Ezekiel 30:14
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments upon No.
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