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Good News Translation

Ezekiel 31:2

"Mortal man," he said, "say to the king of Egypt and all his people: How powerful you are! What can I compare you to?

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Earth, Land;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Paradise;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Egypt;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes,
Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, tell Par`oh king of Mitzrayim, and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness?
King James Version
Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
English Standard Version
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: "Whom are you like in your greatness?
New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes, 'Whom are you like in your greatness?
New Century Version
"Human, say to the king of Egypt and his people: ‘No one is like you in your greatness.
Amplified Bible
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes, 'Whom are you like in your greatness?
World English Bible
Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, speake vnto Pharaoh King of Egypt, and to his multitude, Whom art thou like in thy greatnesse?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes, 'Whom are you like in your greatness?
Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude,‘To whom do you liken yourself in your greatness?
Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: 'Who can be compared to your greatness?
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, tell the king of Egypt and his people that I am saying: You are more powerful than anyone on earth. Now listen to this.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes: ‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
Darby Translation
Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, say this to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people: "‘You are so great! Who can I compare you to?
George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his armed forces: To whom do you liken yourself in your greatness?
Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his crowd, ‘To whom are you like in your greatness?
Literal Translation
Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his host: To whom are you like in your greatness?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou sonne of man, speake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte, ad to all his people: Whom art thou like in yi greatnesse?
American Standard Version
Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people; Whom are you like in your great power?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: whom art thou like in thy greatness?
King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, speake vnto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude, Whom art thou like in thy greatnesse?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, speake vnto Pharao king of Egypt, and to all his people: whom art thou lyke in thy greatnesse?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, say to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his multitude;
English Revised Version
Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, seie to Farao, kyng of Egipt, and to his puple, To whom art thou maad lijk in thi greetnesse?
Update Bible Version
Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness?
Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
New English Translation
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes: "‘Who are you like in your greatness?
New King James Version
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: "Whom are you like in your greatness?
New Living Translation
"Son of man, give this message to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his hordes: "To whom would you compare your greatness?
New Life Bible
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his people, ‘Who can be compared with you in greatness?
New Revised Standard
Mortal, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes: Whom are you like in your greatness?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man Say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and unto his multitude, - Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, speak to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: "Whom are you like in your greatness?
Young's Literal Translation
`Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and unto his multitude: To whom hast thou been like in thy greatness?

Contextual Overview

1 On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me. 2 "Mortal man," he said, "say to the king of Egypt and all his people: How powerful you are! What can I compare you to? 3 You are like a cedar in Lebanon, With beautiful, shady branches, A tree so tall it reaches the clouds. 4 There was water to make it grow, And underground rivers to feed it. They watered the place where the tree was growing And sent streams to all the trees of the forest. 5 Because it was well-watered, It grew taller than other trees. Its branches grew thick and long. 6 Every kind of bird built nests in its branches; The wild animals bore their young in its shelter; The nations of the world rested in its shade. 7 How beautiful the tree was— So tall, with such long branches. Its roots reached down to the deep-flowing streams. 8 No cedar in God's garden could compare with it. No fir tree ever had such branches, And no plane tree such limbs. No tree in God's own garden was so beautiful. 9 I made it beautiful, with spreading branches. It was the envy of every tree in Eden, the garden of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

speak: Jeremiah 1:5, Jeremiah 1:17, Revelation 10:11

to his: Ezekiel 29:19, Ezekiel 30:10, Nahum 3:8-10

Whom: Ezekiel 31:18, Isaiah 14:13, Isaiah 14:14

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 29:15 - rule Ezekiel 32:19 - dost Amos 6:2 - better Zechariah 11:2 - Howl

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
but he rejected Cain and his offering. Cain became furious, and he scowled in anger.
Genesis 30:27
Laban said to him, "Let me say this: I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.
Genesis 31:9
God has taken flocks away from your father and given them to me.
Genesis 31:11
The angel of God spoke to me in the dream and said, ‘Jacob!' ‘Yes,' I answered.
Exodus 4:10
But Moses said, "No, Lord , don't send me. I have never been a good speaker, and I haven't become one since you began to speak to me. I am a poor speaker, slow and hesitant."
Deuteronomy 19:4
If you accidentally kill someone who is not your enemy, you may escape to any of these cities and be safe.
Deuteronomy 28:54
Even the most refined man of noble birth will become so desperate during the siege that he will eat some of his own children because he has no other food. He will not even give any to his brother or to the wife he loves or to any of his children who are left.
1 Samuel 19:7
So Jonathan called David and told him everything; then he took him to Saul, and David served the king as he had before.
Daniel 3:19
Then Nebuchadnezzar lost his temper, and his face turned red with anger at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... To Pharaohhophra, the then reigning king; not to him personally by word of mouth, for the prophet was now in Chaldea; but by delivering out a prophecy concerning him, and which he might have an opportunity of sending to him:

and to his multitude; the multitude of his subjects, of which he boasted, and in whom he trusted:

whom art thou like in thy greatness? look over all the records of time, and into all the empires, kingdoms, and states that have been; draw a comparison between thyself and the greatest potentate that ever was; fancy thyself to be equal to him; this will not secure thee from ruin and destruction; for as they have been humbled, and are fallen, so wilt thou be: pitch for instance on the Assyrian monarch, whose empire has been the most ancient, extensive, and flourishing, and yet now crushed; and as thou art like him in greatness, at least thou thinkest so, so thou art in pride, and wilt be in thine end; to assure of which is the drift of the following account of the king of Assyria.


 
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