Parallel Verses
NET Bible
and say: "'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.
New American Standard Bible
and say,
‘
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.
King James Version
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Holman Bible
and say:
She lay down among the lions;
she reared her cubs among the young lions.
International Standard Version
Tell them: "What a lioness your mother was among lions! She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males.
A Conservative Version
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness. She couched among lions. In the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
American Standard Version
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
Amplified
and say,
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.
Bible in Basic English
What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
Darby Translation
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
Julia Smith Translation
And say, What thy mother? a lioness: between lions she lay down, in the midst of young lions she brought up her whelps
King James 2000
And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her cubs among young lions.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and you must say, 'What a lioness [was] your mother among [the] lions. She lay down in the midst of young lions, [and] she reared her lion cubs.
Modern King James verseion
and say: What is your mother? A lioness. She lay down among lions; she multiplied her cubs among young lions.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and say, "Wherefore lay thy mother, that lioness, among the lions, and nourished her young ones among the lion's whelps?
New Heart English Bible
and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
The Emphasized Bible
and thou shalt say - How was thy mother a lioness, Between lions, she lay down,- I n the midst of young lions, She nourished her whelps;
Webster
And say, What is thy mother: A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
World English Bible
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Parables » Of the old testament » Of the prophets
Truth » Illustrated in parables of the old testament » Of the prophets
Interlinear
Rabah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 19:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament For The Leaders Of Israel
1 "And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel, 2 and say: "'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs. 3 She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 4:11
The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
Psalm 58:6
O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!
Isaiah 5:29
Their roar is like a lion's; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.
Isaiah 11:6-9
A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.
Nahum 2:11-12
Where now is the den of the lions, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?
Zephaniah 3:1-4
The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!
Zechariah 11:3
Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.