Ezekiel 19:3

In 11 translations

BSB

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

KJV

And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

WEB

She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.

ASV

And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

LSV

And she brings up one of her whelps, || He has been a young lion, || And he learns to tear prey, || He has devoured man.

YLT

And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

DBY

And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

DRC

And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.

GNV

And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men.

JPS

And she brought up one of her whelps, he became a young lion; and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men.

LXXE

And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַתַּ֛עַל אֶחָ֥ד מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ כְּפִ֣יר הָיָ֑ה וַיִּלְמַ֥ד לִטְרָף־טֶ֖רֶף אָדָ֥ם אָכָֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀπεπήδησεν εἷς τῶν σκύμνων αὐτῆς, λέων ἐγένετο, καὶ ἔμαθε τοῦ ἁρπάζειν ἁρπάγματα, ἀνθρώπους ἔφαγε.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Chronicles 36:1–2Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
• Ezekiel 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
• 2 Kings 23:31–32Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just…
• Ezekiel 19:6He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

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