A Lament for Egypt
Ezekiel 30:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.
- KJV
- And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
- WEB
- I will set a fire in Egypt Sin will be in great anguish. No will be broken up. Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime.
- ASV
- And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the day-time.
- LSV
- And I have given fire against Egypt, || Sin is greatly pained, and No is to be broken, || And Noph has daily distresses.
- YLT
- And I have given fire against Egypt, Greatly pained is Sin, and No is to be rent, And Noph hath daily distresses.
- DBY
- And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be rent asunder, and at Noph [there shall be] enemies in open day.
- DRC
- And I will make a fire in Egypt: Pelusium shall be in pain like a woman in labour, and Alexandria shall be laid waste, and in Memphis there shall be daily distresses.
- GNV
- And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall haue great sorowe and No shalbe destroyed, and Noph shall haue sorowes dayly.
- JPS
- And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time.
- LXXE
- And I will send fire upon Egypt; and Syene shall be sorely troubled; and there shall be a breaking in Diospolis, and waters shall be poured out.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads תָּחיּל֙; read aloud (Qere) reads תָּחוּל֙ (“it will writhe in agony”).
- Written (Ketiv): תָּחִיל. Read aloud (Qere): תָּחוּל֙ (“it will writhe in agony”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְנָתַ֤תִּי אֵשׁ֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם ח֤וּל תחיל סִ֔ין וְנֹ֖א תִּהְיֶ֣ה לְהִבָּקֵ֑עַ וְנֹ֖ף צָרֵ֥י יוֹמָֽם׃Read aloud as (qere): תָּחוּל֙
- LXX-Br
- καὶ δώσω πῦρ ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ταραχῇ ταραχθήσεται ἡ Συήνη, καὶ ἐν Διοσπόλει ἔσται ἔκρηγμα, καὶ διαχυθήσεται ὕδατα.
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- Ezekiel 28:18By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of…
- Ezekiel 30:8–9Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered. On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on…
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