Ezekiel 29:4
in Ezekiel 29But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.
KJV
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
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This verse in Ezekiel 29
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Verse 3 onwards) Behold, I am coming to you, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, the great dragon, who lies (or sits) in the midst of your rivers, and you say: The river is mine, and I have made it for myself (or them). And I will put a bit (or a snare) in your jaws, and I will stick the fish of your rivers to your scales (or feathers), and I will draw you out of the midst of your rivers; and all your fish will cling to your scales (or feathers).
This site's exposition
O great monster who lies among his rivers
on Ezekiel 29:3-5
Pharaoh is named the great dragon, the same word Genesis uses of the sea creatures and Isaiah uses of the chaos monster. My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself states the sin as Pharaoh's words. The hooks in the jaws picture an Egyptian crocodile hunt.
This site's exposition
I will put hooks in your jaws
Ezekiel uses the same picture for Gog in 38:4, and Isaiah 37:29 puts God's hook in the nose of Assyria's king. The fish clinging to the scales are Pharaoh's people, who share his fate. The river's lord is dragged out with his subjects.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But I will put hooks in thy jaws,.... The allusion is to fishhooks, which are taken by fishes with the bait into their mouths, and stick in their jaws, by which they are drawn out of the river, and taken.
God can force men out of that in which they are most secure and easy. (2.) All his fish shall be drawn out with him, his servants, his soldiers, and all that had a dependence on him, as he thought, but really such as he had dependence upon.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
I will put hooks in thy jaws - Amasis, one of this king’s generals, being proclaimed king by an insurrection of the people, dethroned Apries, and seized upon the kingdom; and Apries was obliged to flee to Upper Egypt for safety. I will cause the fish - to stick unto thy scales - Most fish are sorely troubled with a species of insect which bury their heads in their flesh, under their scales, and suck out the vital juices. The allusion seems to be to this.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
He raised the siege of Jerusalem, but it was only for a time (compare Eze 29:6; Jer 37:5, 7-10); ruin overtook not only them, but himself. As the fish that clung to the horny scales of the crocodile, the lord of the Nile, when he was caught, shared his fate, so the adherents of Pharaoh, lord of Egypt, when he was overthrown by Amasis, should share his fate.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Hooks in thy jaws - Compare Job 41:2. The crocodile is thus rendered an easy prey. Fish of thy rivers - i. e., the allies of Egypt shall be involved in her ruin.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַתִּ֤י | venatati | and I will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| חַחִים֙ | chachiyim | hooks | H2397 → | 7 times |
| בִּלְחָיֶ֔יךָ | bilchayeikha | in jaws your | H3895 → | |
| וְהִדְבַּקְתִּ֥י | vehidbakti | and I will make cling | H1692 → | 54 times |
| דְגַת־ | degat- | [the] fish of | H1710 → | 15 times |
| יְאֹרֶ֖יךָ | yeoreikha | canals your | H2975 → | 65 times |
| בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָ | bekaskesoteicha | to scales your | H7193 → | |
| וְהַעֲלִיתִ֙יךָ֙ | vehaalitikha | and I will bring up you | H5927 → | 890 times |
| מִתּ֣וֹךְ | mitokh | from among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ | yeoreikha | canals your | H2975 → | 65 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דְּגַ֣ת | degat | [the] fish of | H1710 → | 15 times |
| יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ | yeoreikha | canals your | H2975 → | 65 times |
| בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָ | bekaskesoteicha | to scales your | H7193 → | |
| תִּדְבָּֽק׃ | tidbak | it will cling | H1692 → | 54 times |
וְנָתַתִּ֤יand I will put
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
חַחִים֙hooks
chachiyimH2397 →7 times
בִּלְחָיֶ֔יךָin jaws your
bilchayeikhaH3895 →
וְהִדְבַּקְתִּ֥יand I will make cling
vehidbaktiH1692 →54 times
דְגַת־[the] fish of
degat-H1710 →15 times
יְאֹרֶ֖יךָcanals your
yeoreikhaH2975 →65 times
בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָto scales your
bekaskesoteichaH7193 →
וְהַעֲלִיתִ֙יךָ֙and I will bring up you
vehaalitikhaH5927 →890 times
מִתּ֣וֹךְfrom among
mitokhH8432 →418 times
יְאֹרֶ֔יךָcanals your
yeoreikhaH2975 →65 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
דְּגַ֣ת[the] fish of
degatH1710 →15 times
יְאֹרֶ֔יךָcanals your
yeoreikhaH2975 →65 times
בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָto scales your
bekaskesoteichaH7193 →
תִּדְבָּֽק׃it will cling
tidbakH1692 →54 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 19:28Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
it leads to
- Ezekiel 38:4
I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 19:33
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
- Amos 4:2
The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
- Ezekiel 38:4
Through
Isaiah 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
it leads to
- Isaiah 30:28
His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 10:12
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud…
- Isaiah 37:34
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 30:28
Through
Ezekiel 38:4I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all…
it leads to
- Daniel 11:40
At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading…
- 2 Kings 19:28
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- Daniel 11:40
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.