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Ezekiel 29:18

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.

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ASV

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

KJV

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בֶּן־ben-O son ofH1121 →
אָדָ֗ם'a.DamhumankindH120 →
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.re.TzarNebuchadnezzarH5019 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּ֠בֶלBa.velBabylonH894 →
הֶעֱבִ֨ידhe.'e.Vidhe made to laborH5647 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
חֵיל֜וֹchei.Loarmy hisH2428 →
עֲבֹדָ֤ה'a.vo.DahlaborH5656 →
גְדֹלָה֙ge.do.LahgreatH1419 →
אֶל־'el-againstH413 →
צֹ֔רTzorTyreH6865 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
רֹ֣אשׁroshheadH7218 →
מֻקְרָ֔חmuk.Rach[was] made baldH7139 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
כָּתֵ֖ףka.TefshoulderH3802 →
מְרוּטָ֑הme.ru.Tah[was] made bareH4803 →
וְ֠שָׂכָרVe.sa.khorand wage[s]H7939 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
הָ֨יָהHa.yahit belongedH1961 →
ל֤וֹloto him
וּלְחֵילוֹ֙u.le.chei.Loand to army hisH2428 →
מִצֹּ֔רmi.Tzorfrom TyreH6865 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הָעֲבֹדָ֖הha.'a.vo.Dahthe laborH5656 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
עָבַ֥ד'a.Vadhe had laboredH5647 →
עָלֶֽיהָ׃ ס'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →

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Jeremiah 27:6So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.Ezekiel 26:7–12For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.Isaiah 7:20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.Jeremiah 48:37For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.Isaiah 23:13Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.Genesis 49:15He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.Jeremiah 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.Matthew 11:22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.Nehemiah 4:10Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”Jeremiah 25:22all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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