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English Standard Version
Ezekiel 32:3
Thus says the Lord God : I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
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Christian Standard Bible®
“‘This is what the Lord God says:
“‘This is what the Lord God says:
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the Lord GOD: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.
Thus says the Lord GOD: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God ; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Thus saith the Lord God ; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
New American Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says: "Now I will spread My net over you With a contingent of many peoples, And they will lift you up in My net.
This is what the Lord GOD says: "Now I will spread My net over you With a contingent of many peoples, And they will lift you up in My net.
New Century Version
"‘This is what the Lord God says: I will spread my net over you, and I will use a large group of people to pull you up in my net.
"‘This is what the Lord God says: I will spread my net over you, and I will use a large group of people to pull you up in my net.
Amplified Bible
Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will spread out My net over you With a company of many nations, And they will bring you up in My net.
Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will spread out My net over you With a company of many nations, And they will bring you up in My net.
World English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus sayth the Lord God, I will therefore spread my net ouer thee with a great multitude of people, and they shall make thee come vp into my net.
Thus sayth the Lord God, I will therefore spread my net ouer thee with a great multitude of people, and they shall make thee come vp into my net.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus says the Lord GOD, "Now I will spread My net over you With a company of many peoples, And they shall lift you up in My net.
Thus says the Lord GOD, "Now I will spread My net over you With a company of many peoples, And they shall lift you up in My net.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says Lord Yahweh,"So I will spread My net over youWith an assembly of many peoples,And they shall bring you up in My net.
Thus says Lord Yahweh,"So I will spread My net over youWith an assembly of many peoples,And they shall bring you up in My net.
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
This is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
Contemporary English Version
King of Egypt, listen to me. I, the Lord God, will catch you in my net and let a crowd of foreigners drag you to shore.
King of Egypt, listen to me. I, the Lord God, will catch you in my net and let a crowd of foreigners drag you to shore.
Complete Jewish Bible
"So here is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘With many nations assembled, I will spread my net over you, and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
"So here is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘With many nations assembled, I will spread my net over you, and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
Darby Translation
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also spread out my net over thee with an assemblage of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also spread out my net over thee with an assemblage of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord God says: "I have gathered many people together. Now I will throw my net over you. Then those people will pull you in.
This is what the Lord God says: "I have gathered many people together. Now I will throw my net over you. Then those people will pull you in.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD God: I will therefore spread out my net over you with a multitude of many people; and they shall bring you up in my net.
Thus says the LORD God: I will therefore spread out my net over you with a multitude of many people; and they shall bring you up in my net.
Good News Translation
When many nations gather, I will catch you in my net and let them drag the net ashore.
When many nations gather, I will catch you in my net and let them drag the net ashore.
Lexham English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now I will spread my net over you in the assembly of many peoples, and I will bring you up in my dragnet.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now I will spread my net over you in the assembly of many peoples, and I will bring you up in my dragnet.
Literal Translation
So says the Lord Jehovah: And I will spread out My net over you with an assembly of many peoples, and they will make you go up in My net.
So says the Lord Jehovah: And I will spread out My net over you with an assembly of many peoples, and they will make you go up in My net.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus sayeth the LORDE God: I wil sprede my net ouer ye, namely, a greate multitude of people: these shal dryue the into my yarne,
Thus sayeth the LORDE God: I wil sprede my net ouer ye, namely, a greate multitude of people: these shal dryue the into my yarne,
American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said: My net will be stretched out over you, and I will take you up in my fishing-net.
This is what the Lord has said: My net will be stretched out over you, and I will take you up in my fishing-net.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will therefore spread out My net over thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in My net.
Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will therefore spread out My net over thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in My net.
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net ouer thee, with a company of many people, and they shall bring thee vp in my net.
Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net ouer thee, with a company of many people, and they shall bring thee vp in my net.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde God, I wyll spreade my nette ouer thee with a great multitude of people, these shal make thee come vp into my net.
Thus saith the Lorde God, I wyll spreade my nette ouer thee with a great multitude of people, these shal make thee come vp into my net.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord; I will also cast over thee the nets of many nations, and will bring thee up with my hook:
Thus saith the Lord; I will also cast over thee the nets of many nations, and will bring thee up with my hook:
English Revised Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will spread out my net over thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will spread out my net over thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Y schal spredde abrood my net on thee in the multitude of many puples, and Y schal drawe thee out in my net;
Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Y schal spredde abrood my net on thee in the multitude of many puples, and Y schal drawe thee out in my net;
Update Bible Version
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
New English Translation
"‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: "‘I will throw my net over you in the assembly of many peoples; and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
"‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: "‘I will throw my net over you in the assembly of many peoples; and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
New King James Version
"Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will therefore spread My net over you with a company of many people, And they will draw you up in My net.
"Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will therefore spread My net over you with a company of many people, And they will draw you up in My net.
New Living Translation
Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send many people to catch you in my net and haul you out of the water.
Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send many people to catch you in my net and haul you out of the water.
New Life Bible
The Lord God says, "Now I will throw My net over you with an army of many nations. They will lift you up in My net.
The Lord God says, "Now I will throw My net over you with an army of many nations. They will lift you up in My net.
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord God : In an assembly of many peoples I will throw my net over you; and I will haul you up in my dragnet.
Thus says the Lord God : In an assembly of many peoples I will throw my net over you; and I will haul you up in my dragnet.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I spread over thee my net, With a gathered host of many e peoples,-And they shall bring thee up in my net;
Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I spread over thee my net, With a gathered host of many e peoples,-And they shall bring thee up in my net;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: I will spread out my net over thee with the multitude of many people, and I will draw thee up in my net.
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: I will spread out my net over thee with the multitude of many people, and I will draw thee up in my net.
Revised Standard Version
Thus says the Lord GOD: I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples; and I will haul you up in my dragnet.
Thus says the Lord GOD: I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples; and I will haul you up in my dragnet.
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And -- I have spread out for thee My net, With an assembly of many peoples, And they have brought thee up in My net.
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And -- I have spread out for thee My net, With an assembly of many peoples, And they have brought thee up in My net.
THE MESSAGE
"‘ God , the Master, says: "‘I'm going to throw my net over you —many nations will get in on this operation— and haul you out with my dragnet. I'll dump you on the ground out in an open field And bring in all the crows and vultures for a sumptuous carrion lunch. I'll invite wild animals from all over the world to gorge on your guts. I'll scatter hunks of your meat in the mountains and strew your bones in the valleys. The country, right up to the mountains, will be drenched with your blood, your blood filling every ditch and channel. When I blot you out, I'll pull the curtain on the skies and shut out the stars. I'll throw a cloud across the sun and turn off the moonlight. I'll turn out every light in the sky above you and put your land in the dark. Decree of God , the Master. I'll shake up everyone worldwide when I take you off captive to strange and far-off countries. I'll shock people with you. Kings will take one look and shudder. I'll shake my sword and they'll shake in their boots. On the day you crash, they'll tremble, thinking, "That could be me!"
"‘ God , the Master, says: "‘I'm going to throw my net over you —many nations will get in on this operation— and haul you out with my dragnet. I'll dump you on the ground out in an open field And bring in all the crows and vultures for a sumptuous carrion lunch. I'll invite wild animals from all over the world to gorge on your guts. I'll scatter hunks of your meat in the mountains and strew your bones in the valleys. The country, right up to the mountains, will be drenched with your blood, your blood filling every ditch and channel. When I blot you out, I'll pull the curtain on the skies and shut out the stars. I'll throw a cloud across the sun and turn off the moonlight. I'll turn out every light in the sky above you and put your land in the dark. Decree of God , the Master. I'll shake up everyone worldwide when I take you off captive to strange and far-off countries. I'll shock people with you. Kings will take one look and shudder. I'll shake my sword and they'll shake in their boots. On the day you crash, they'll tremble, thinking, "That could be me!"
Contextual Overview
1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 "Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers. 3 Thus says the Lord God : I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my dragnet. 4 And I will cast you on the ground; on the open field I will fling you, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle on you, and I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you. 5 I will strew your flesh upon the mountains and fill the valleys with your carcass. 6 I will drench the land even to the mountains with your flowing blood, and the ravines will be full of you. 7 When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness on your land, declares the Lord God . 9 "I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known. 10 I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ezekiel 12:13, Ezekiel 17:20, Ecclesiastes 9:12, Jeremiah 16:16, Lamentations 1:13, Hosea 7:12, Habakkuk 1:14-17
Reciprocal: Job 18:8 - he is cast Job 19:6 - compassed
Cross-References
Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El-paran on the border of the wilderness.
and the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El-paran on the border of the wilderness.
Genesis 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.)
And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.)
Genesis 32:6
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him."
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him."
Genesis 32:9
And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,'
And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,'
Genesis 32:31
The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.
The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.
Genesis 32:32
Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh.
Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh.
Genesis 33:14
Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir."
Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir."
Genesis 33:16
So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
Deuteronomy 2:22
as he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.
as he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thus saith the Lord God,.... The Lord God Almighty, who is able to manage this fierce and turbulent creature, this mighty monarch and disturber of the nations:
I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; meaning the Chaldean army, which the Lord would instigate, and by his providence bring against the king of Egypt, and surround him as fishes in a net, and take him and his people; see Ezekiel 12:13:
and they shall bring thee up in my net; out of his rivers, out of his fortresses, out of his own land, and carry him captive, or destroy him.
