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Ezekiel 29:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ezekiel 29:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 Say to him: Thus says the Lord God:
Pay attention! I am against you,
Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
Great dragon[a] crouching
in the midst of the Nile,
Who says, “The Nile belongs to me;
I made it myself!”(A)
Footnotes
- 29:3 Dragon: Hebrew reads tannim, usually translated “jackals,” here a byform of tannin, the mythical dragon, or sea monster, representing chaos (cf. Is 27:1; 51:9; Jer 51:34; Ps 91:13; Jb 7:12), and the crocodile native to the Nile. Nile: the many rivulets of the Nile that branch out into the Delta.
Ezekiel 29:3
New International Version
Ezekiel 29:3
New International Version
3 Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
Ezekiel 29:3
King James Version
Ezekiel 29:3
King James Version
3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
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Ezekiel 32:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ezekiel 32:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Son of man, utter a lament over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him:
You liken yourself to a lion among nations,
but you are like the monster in the sea!
Thrashing about in your streams,
churning the water with your feet,
polluting the streams.(A)
Ezekiel 32:2
New International Version
Ezekiel 32:2
New International Version
Ezekiel 32:2
King James Version
Ezekiel 32:2
King James Version
2 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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