Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great
That
King James Version
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Holman Bible
Speak to him and say: This is what the Lord God says:
the great monster
who says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
International Standard Version
Tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch out! I'm coming to get you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt! You big monster! You lay in wait in the middle of your waterways and say, "My waterways belong to me! I made them for myself!"
A Conservative Version
Speak, and say, Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lays in the midst of his rivers, that has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.
American Standard Version
speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Amplified
Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers,
[Boastfully] declaring, ‘My Nile is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
Bible in Basic English
Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.
Darby Translation
speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which saith, My river is mine own, and I made it for myself.
Julia Smith Translation
Speak and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me against thee Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great sea-monster lying in the midst of his rivers, who said, The, river is to me, and I made me.
King James 2000
Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Speak, and you must say, 'thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great sea monster, the [one] lying down in the midst of his Nile streams, who says to me, "[It is] my Nile, and I made [it] [for] myself."
Modern King James verseion
Speak and say, So says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon who lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, My river is mine, and I have made it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Speak, and tell him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, O Pharaoh thou king of Egypt, I will upon thee, thou great dragon that liest in the waters; thou that sayest, 'The water is mine; I have made it myself.'
NET Bible
Tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said, "My Nile is my own, I made it for myself."
New Heart English Bible
Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'
The Emphasized Bible
Speak, and thou shalt say - Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh Behold me! against thee O Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great Crocodile that lieth along in the midst of his rivers: Who saith - My river is, mine own, Since I myself made it me!
Webster
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.
World English Bible
Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Speak, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt! The great dragon that is crouching in the midst of his floods, Who hath said, My flood is my own, And I -- I have made it for myself.
Themes
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of cruel and persecuting kings
Egypt » As a power, was » Proud and arrogant
Interlinear
Dabar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 29:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Judgment Upon Egypt
2
“Son of man, set your face against
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great
That
And make the fish of your
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your
And all the fish of your
Cross References
Isaiah 27:1
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even
And
Ezekiel 32:2
“Son of man, take up a
‘You
Yet you are like the
And you
And muddied the waters with your feet
And
Psalm 74:13-14
Isaiah 51:9
Awake as in the
Who pierced the
Jeremiah 44:30
Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to give over
Deuteronomy 8:17
Otherwise,
Psalm 76:7
And
Isaiah 10:13-14
For
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down
Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, say to the
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘
I sit in the seat of
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—
Ezekiel 28:22
and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
And I will
Then they will know that I am the Lord when I
And I will manifest My holiness in her.
Ezekiel 29:9-10
The
Daniel 4:30-31
The king
Nahum 1:6
Who can endure the
His
And the
Revelation 12:3-4
Then
Revelation 12:16-17
Revelation 13:2
And the beast which I saw was
Revelation 13:4
they worshiped the
Revelation 13:11
Then
Revelation 16:13
And I saw coming out of the mouth of the
Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold of the