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Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

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ASV

Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

KJV

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בֶּן־ben-O son ofH1121 →
אָדָ֗ם'a.DamhumankindH120 →
שָׂ֤אsa'take upH5375 →
קִינָה֙ki.Naha lamentationH7015 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
אֵלָ֔יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
כְּפִ֥ירke.Fira young lion ofH3715 →
גּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimnationsH1471 →
נִדְמֵ֑יתָnid.Mei.tayou became likeH1819 →
וְאַתָּה֙ve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
כַּתַּנִּ֣יםka.ta.Nim[were] like <the> sea monsterH8565 →
בַּיַּמִּ֔יםbai.ya.Mimin the seasH3220 →
וַתָּ֣גַחva.Ta.gachand you burst forthH1518 →
בְּנַהֲרוֹתֶ֗יךָbe.na.ha.ro.Tei.khain rivers yourH5104 →
וַתִּדְלַח־va.tid.lach-and you made turbidH1804 →
מַ֙יִם֙ma.yimwatersH4325 →
בְּרַגְלֶ֔יךָbe.rag.Lei.khawith feet yourH7272 →
וַתִּרְפֹּ֖סva.tir.Posand you fouledH7515 →
נַהֲרוֹתָֽם׃na.ha.ro.Tamrivers theirH5104 →

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Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’Nahum 2:11–13Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?Ezekiel 27:2“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.Ezekiel 32:16This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.Ezekiel 34:18Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?Ezekiel 19:1–6“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of IsraelIsaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.Ezekiel 38:13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.Psalms 74:13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;Ezekiel 29:15Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?Genesis 49:9Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?Jeremiah 9:18Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.Ezekiel 27:32As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?Psalms 74:13–14You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of 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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