Ezekiel 19:2

In 11 translations

BSB

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

KJV

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

WEB

and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

ASV

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

LSV

and you have said: What [is] your mother? A lioness, || She has crouched down among lions, || She has multiplied her whelps in the midst of young lions.

YLT

and thou hast said: What [is] thy mother? — a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

DBY

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

DRC

And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?

GNV

And say, Wherefore lay thy mother as a lyonesse among the lyons? she nourished her yong ones among the lyons whelps,

JPS

and say: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps!

LXXE

and say, Why is thy mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.

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WLC

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ מָ֤ה אִמְּךָ֙ לְבִיָּ֔א בֵּ֥ין אֲרָי֖וֹת רָבָ֑צָה בְּת֥וֹךְ כְּפִרִ֖ים רִבְּתָ֥ה גוּרֶֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἐρεῖς, τί ἡ μήτηρ σου σκύμνος ἐν μέσῳ λεόντων ἐγενήθη; ἐν μέσῳ λεόντων ἐπλήθυεν σκύμνους αὐτῆς.

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• Zephaniah 3:1–4Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are…
• Isaiah 11:6–9The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. The cow will graze with the bear, their young will…
• Nahum 2:11–12Where 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? The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the…
• Isaiah 5:29Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.
• Psalms 58:6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
• Job 4:11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
• Zechariah 11:3Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

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