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Ezekiel 30:24

I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.

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ASV

And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

KJV

And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְחִזַּקְתִּ֗יve.chi.zak.Tiand I will make strongH2388 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
זְרֹעוֹת֙ze.ro.'Ot[the] arms ofH2220 →
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶ֔לba.VelBabylonH894 →
וְנָתַתִּ֥יve.na.ta.Tiand I will putH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
חַרְבִּ֖יchar.Bisword myH2719 →
בְּיָד֑וֹbe.ya.Doin hand hisH3027 →
וְשָׁבַרְתִּי֙ve.sha.var.Tiand I will breakH7665 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
זְרֹע֣וֹתze.ro.'ot[the] arms ofH2220 →
פַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
וְנָאַ֛קve.na.'Akand he will groanH5008 →
נַאֲק֥וֹתna.'a.Kot[the] groans ofH5009 →
חָלָ֖לcha.Lal[one] fatally woundedH2491 →
לְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.Nav<to> before himH6440 →

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Zephaniah 2:12“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”Ezekiel 30:25I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.Nehemiah 6:9For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.Isaiah 45:1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:Isaiah 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,Revelation 13:3One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.Zechariah 10:11–12They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.Job 24:12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.Psalms 18:32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.Isaiah 10:5–6Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.Deuteronomy 32:41–42when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.Jeremiah 51:52“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.Ezekiel 30:10This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.Jeremiah 27:6–8So 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.Ezekiel 26:15This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?Psalms 144:1Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

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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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