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Egypt Will Fall like Assyria

Ezekiel 31:2

In 11 translations

BSB
“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
KJV
Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
WEB
“Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt and his multitude: ‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
ASV
Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
LSV
“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: To whom have you been like in your greatness?
YLT
'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and unto his multitude: To whom hast thou been like in thy greatness?
DBY
Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
DRC
Son of man, speak to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?
GNV
Sonne of man, speake vnto Pharaoh King of Egypt, and to his multitude, Whom art thou like in thy greatnesse?
JPS
'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: whom art thou like in thy greatness?
LXXE
Son of man, say to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his multitude; To whom hast thou compared thyself in thy haughtiness?

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Original-language editions

WLC
בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם אֱמֹ֛ר אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֥ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְאֶל־הֲמוֹנ֑וֹ אֶל־מִ֖י דָּמִ֥יתָ בְגָדְלֶֽךָ׃
LXX-Br
υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, εἰπὸν πρὸς Φαραὼ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου καὶ τῷ πλήθει αὐτοῦ, Τίνι ὡμοίωσας σεαυτὸν ἐν τῷ ὕψει σου;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 29:19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
  • Ezekiel 30:10This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
  • Ezekiel 31:18Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the…
  • Jeremiah 1:17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
  • Isaiah 14:13–14You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I…
  • Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
  • Nahum 3:8–10Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water? Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies. Yet she became an…
  • Revelation 10:11And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

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