Ezekiel 30:16

What does Ezekiel 30:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 30:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the day-time.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the day-time.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And I will put a fire in Egypt; Syene will be twisting in pain, and No will be broken into, as by the onrush of waters.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I have given fire against Egypt, Greatly pained is Sin, and No is to be rent, And Noph hath daily distresses.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I will make a fire in Egypt: Pelusium shall be in pain like a woman in labour, and Alexandria shall be laid waste, and in Memphis there shall be daily distresses.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be rent asunder, and at Noph [there shall be] enemies in open day.

Context

v.15And I will pour my wrath upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.

v.16This passage

v.17The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 30:8

    And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.

  • Ezekiel 28:18

    By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

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