Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And she raised up one from her cubs; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate humans.
New American Standard Bible
He became a lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
King James Version
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Holman Bible
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
International Standard Version
She raised one cub in particular, teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler to eat human beings.
A Conservative Version
And she brought up one of her whelps. He became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
American Standard Version
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
Amplified
‘When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs,
He became a [young] lion,
And he learned to catch and tear the prey;
He devoured men.
Bible in Basic English
And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
Darby Translation
And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will bring up one of her whelps: it was a young lion, and it will learn to rend the prey eating man.
King James 2000
And she brought up one of her cubs: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Modern King James verseion
And she brought up one of her cubs; it became a strong lion and learned to tear the prey. It ate men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
One of her whelps she brought up, and it became a lion: it learned to spoil, and to devour folk.
NET Bible
She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
New Heart English Bible
She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
The Emphasized Bible
And she reared up one of her whelps - A young lion, he became, And he learned to rend prey. Men, he devoured.
Webster
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
World English Bible
She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
Youngs Literal Translation
And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.
Themes
Parables » Of the old testament » Of the prophets
Truth » Illustrated in parables of the old testament » Of the prophets
Topics
Interlinear
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'echad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 19:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament For The Leaders Of Israel
2 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. 3 And she raised up one from her cubs; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate humans. 4 And nations heard about him; in their pit he was caught, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Kings 23:31-32
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother [was] Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
2 Chronicles 36:1-2
And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 19:6
And he walked about in the midst of lions; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate humans.
Ezekiel 22:25
The conspiracy of its prophets in the midst of her [is] like a roaring lion [that] is tearing prey. They devour people, and they take wealth and treasure; they make its widows numerous in the midst of her.