And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.
And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)