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A Prophecy against Pharaoh

Ezekiel 29:2

In 11 translations

BSB
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
KJV
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
WEB
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
ASV
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;
LSV
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt—all of it.
YLT
'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt — all of it.
DBY
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt;
DRC
Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Egypt:
GNV
Sonne of man, set thy face against Pharaoh the King of Egypt, and prophecie against him, and against all Egypt.
JPS
'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;
LXXE
Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt:

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Original-language editions

WLC
בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֣ים פָּנֶ֔יךָ עַל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהִנָּבֵ֣א עָלָ֔יו וְעַל־מִצְרַ֖יִם כֻּלָּֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, στήρισον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπὶ Φαραὼ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου, καὶ προφήτευσον ἐπʼ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον ὅλην,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
  • Jeremiah 44:30This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of…
  • Jeremiah 46:2–16concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:…
  • Zechariah 14:18–19And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. This…
  • Isaiah 18:1–19:17Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush, which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a…
  • Ezekiel 28:21–22“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her. And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that…
  • Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
  • Joel 3:19Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
  • Ezekiel 25:2“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
  • Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
  • Jeremiah 9:25–26“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised: Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their…
  • Isaiah 20:1–6Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it, the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your…
  • Jeremiah 25:18–19to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials; Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his…
  • Ezekiel 30:1–32:32Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’ For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of…
  • Jeremiah 43:8–13Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes. Then tell…

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