Ezekiel 29:9

Easy-to-Read Version

Egypt will be empty and destroyed. Then they will know that I am the Lord ." God said, "Why will I do these things? Because you said, ‘This is my river. I made this river.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord. Because you said, “The Nile is my own; I made it,”

Hebrew Names Version
The land of Mitzrayim shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD. Because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it;

King James Version
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord : because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

English Standard Version
and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord . "Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,'

New American Standard Bible
"The land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the LORD. "Because you said, 'The Nile is mine, and I have made it,'

New Century Version
Egypt will become an empty desert. Then they will know that I am the Lord . "‘Because you said, "The Nile River is mine, and I have made it,"

Amplified Bible
and the land of Egypt will be a desolation and a wasteland. And they will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD. "Because you said, 'The Nile is mine and I have made it,'

World English Bible
The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the land of Egypt shalbe desolate, and waste, & they shal know that I am ye Lord: because he hath said, The riuer is mine, & I haue made it,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, 'The Nile is mine, and I have made it,'

Legacy Standard Bible
The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,'

Berean Standard Bible
The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, "The Nile is mine; I made it,"

Contemporary English Version
until your land is a barren desert. Then you will know that I have done these things. You claimed that you made the Nile River and control it.

Complete Jewish Bible
The land of Egypt will become a desolate waste, and they will know that I am Adonai ; because he said, "The Nile is mine; I made it."

Darby Translation
And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah, because he saith, The river is mine, and I made it.

George Lamsa Translation
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD, because you have said, The river is mine; I have made it.

Good News Translation
Egypt will become an empty wasteland. Then you will know that I am the Lord . "Because you said that the Nile is yours and you made it,

Lexham English Bible
And the land of Egypt will become a desolation and ruins, and they will know that I am Yahweh because he said, ‘The Nile is mine! And I, I made it!'

Literal Translation
And the land of Egypt shall become for a desolation and a waste, and they shall know that I am Jehovah, because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee the londe of Egipte shalbe desolate and waist, & they shal knowe, that I am the LORDE: Because he sayde: the water is mine, I my self haue made it.

American Standard Version
And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it;

Bible in Basic English
And the land of Egypt will be an unpeopled waste; and they will be certain that I am the Lord: because he has said, The Nile is mine, and I made it.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste, and they shall know that I am the LORD; because he hath said: The river is mine, and I have made it.

King James Version (1611)
And the land of Egypt shalbe desolate and waste, and they shall knowe that I am the Lord: because he hath saide, The riuer is mine, and I haue made it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea the lande of Egypt shalbe desolate and waste, and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde, because he sayde, The riuer is myne, I my selfe haue made it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the land of Egypt shall be ruined and desert; and they shall know that I am the Lord; because thou sayest, The rivers are mine, and I made them.

English Revised Version
And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the lond of Egipt schal be in to desert, and in to wildirnesse, and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. For that that thou seidist, The flood is myn, and Y made it, therfor lo!

Update Bible Version
And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD: because he hath said, The river [is] mine, and I have made [it].

New English Translation
The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord . Because he said, "The Nile is mine and I made it,"

New King James Version
And the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the LORD, because he said, "The River is mine, and I have made it.'

New Living Translation
The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord . "Because you said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it,'

New Life Bible
And the land of Egypt will be destroyed and laid waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord. "Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,'

New Revised Standard
and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they shall know that I am the Lord . Because you said, "The Nile is mine, and I made it,"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the land of Egypt shall become an astonishment and desolation, go shall they know that, I, am Yahweh, - Because he said - The river is mine own, Since, I, myself made it!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the land of Egypt shall become a desert, and a wilderness: and they shall know that I am the Lord, because thou hast said: The river is mine, and I made it.

Revised Standard Version
and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. "Because you said, 'The Nile is mine, and I made it,'

Young's Literal Translation
And the land of Egypt hath been for a desolation and a waste, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah. Because he said: The flood [is] mine, and I made [it].

THE MESSAGE
"‘Because you said, "It's my Nile. I made it. It's all mine," therefore I am against you and your rivers. I'll reduce Egypt to an empty, desolate wasteland all the way from Migdol in the north to Syene and the border of Ethiopia in the south. Not a human will be seen in it, nor will an animal move through it. It'll be just empty desert, empty for forty years.

Contextual Overview

⁸ So this is what the Lord God says: "I will bring a sword against you. I will destroy all your people and animals. ⁹ Egypt will be empty and destroyed. Then they will know that I am the Lord ." God said, "Why will I do these things? Because you said, ‘This is my river. I made this river.' ¹⁰ So I am against you. I am against the many branches of your Nile River. I will destroy Egypt completely. The cities will be empty from Migdol to Aswan and as far as the border of Ethiopia. ¹¹ No person or animal will pass through Egypt. Nothing will pass through or settle there for 40 years. ¹² I will destroy Egypt. The cities will be in ruins for 40 years! I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations. I will make them strangers in foreign lands." ¹³ This is what the Lord God says: "I will scatter the people of Egypt among many nations. But at the end of 40 years, I will gather those people together again. ¹⁴ I will bring back the Egyptian captives. I will bring back the Egyptians to the land of Pathros, to the land where they were born. But their kingdom will not be important. ¹⁵ It will be the least important kingdom. It will never again lift itself above the other nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. ¹⁶ And the family of Israel will never again depend on Egypt. The Israelites will remember their sin—they will remember that they turned to Egypt for help and not to God, and they will know that I am the Lord God ."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the land: Ezekiel 29:10-12, Ezekiel 30:7, Ezekiel 30:13-17, Jeremiah 43:10-13

because: Ezekiel 29:3, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12, Proverbs 29:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:1 - the river Exodus 7:17 - thou shalt Jeremiah 9:23 - neither Jeremiah 50:31 - I am Ezekiel 29:16 - but Ezekiel 29:21 - they shall know Ezekiel 30:8 - shall know

Cross-References

Genesis 24:15
Before the servant finished praying, a young woman named Rebekah came to the well. She was the daughter of Bethuel. (Bethuel was the son of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.) Rebekah came to the well with her water jar on her shoulder.

Genesis 29:7
Jacob said, "Look, it is still day and long before the sun sets. It is not yet time for the animals to be gathered together for the night. So give them water and let them go back into the field."

Genesis 29:8
But they said, "We cannot do that until all the flocks are gathered together. Then we will move the rock from the well, and all the sheep will drink."

Genesis 29:15
One day Laban said to Jacob, "You are a relative of mine. It is not right for you to continue working for me without pay. What should I pay you?"

Genesis 29:16
Now Laban had two daughters. The older was Leah and the younger was Rachel.

Exodus 2:21
Moses was happy to stay with that man. Reuel let Moses marry his daughter, Zipporah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste,.... Men few or none being left in it, to till it, nor cattle found upon it:

and they shall know that I am the Lord; by these judgments executed upon them, now foretold; and which when come to pass, they will be obliged to acknowledge the omniscience and omnipotence of Jehovah:

because thou hast said, the river is mine, and I have made it;

:-; this insolent expression was highly resented by the Lord, as appears by the repetition of it. The Targum is here, as before,

"the kingdom is mine, and I have subdued it;''

but, notwithstanding this vaunt, he could not keep it.