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

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

and thou hast said: What is thy mother? --a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

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