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Ezekiel 19:2
and say: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps!
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Christian Standard Bible®
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Hebrew Names Version
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
King James Version
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
English Standard Version
and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.
New American Standard Bible
and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She raised her cubs.
and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She raised her cubs.
New Century Version
Say: ‘Your mother was like a female lion. She lay down among the young lions. She had many cubs.
Say: ‘Your mother was like a female lion. She lay down among the young lions. She had many cubs.
Amplified Bible
and say, 'What was your mother [Jerusalem and Judah]? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
and say, 'What was your mother [Jerusalem and Judah]? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
World English Bible
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And say, Wherefore lay thy mother as a lyonesse among the lyons? she nourished her yong ones among the lyons whelps,
And say, Wherefore lay thy mother as a lyonesse among the lyons? she nourished her yong ones among the lyons whelps,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.
Legacy Standard Bible
and say,‘What was your mother?A lioness among lions!She lay down among young lions;She reared her cubs.
and say,‘What was your mother?A lioness among lions!She lay down among young lions;She reared her cubs.
Berean Standard Bible
and say: 'What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
and say: 'What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
Contemporary English Version
Your mother was a brave lioness who raised her cubs among lions.
Your mother was a brave lioness who raised her cubs among lions.
Complete Jewish Bible
say: ‘What a mother you had — a lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions and reared her cubs.
say: ‘What a mother you had — a lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions and reared her cubs.
Darby Translation
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
Easy-to-Read Version
"‘Your mother is like a female lion, lying there with the male lions. She went to lie down with the young male lions and had many babies.
"‘Your mother is like a female lion, lying there with the male lions. She went to lie down with the young male lions and had many babies.
George Lamsa Translation
And say, What is your mother? O whelp of lions! she crouched among lions, she reared her whelps among young lions.
And say, What is your mother? O whelp of lions! she crouched among lions, she reared her whelps among young lions.
Good News Translation
What a lioness your mother was! She raised her cubs among the fierce male lions.
What a lioness your mother was! She raised her cubs among the fierce male lions.
Lexham English Bible
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.
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.
Literal Translation
and say, What is your mother? A lioness, she lay down among lions, among young lions she multiplied her cubs.
and say, What is your mother? A lioness, she lay down among lions, among young lions she multiplied her cubs.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& saye: Wherfore laye thy mother that lyonesse, amoge the lyons? & norished hir yonge ones amoge the lyons whelpes?
& saye: Wherfore laye thy mother that lyonesse, amoge the lyons? & norished hir yonge ones amoge the lyons whelpes?
American Standard Version
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
Bible in Basic English
What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
King James Version (1611)
And say, What is thy mother? a lyonesse: shee lay downe among lions, she nourished her whelpes among yong lions.
And say, What is thy mother? a lyonesse: shee lay downe among lions, she nourished her whelpes among yong lions.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And say: wherfore lay thy mother that lionesse among the lions? she norished her young ones among the lions whelpes.
And say: wherfore lay thy mother that lionesse among the lions? she norished her young ones among the lions whelpes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and say, Why is thy mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.
and say, Why is thy mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.
English Revised Version
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thou schalt seie, Whi thi modir, a lionesse, lai among liouns? In the myddis of litle liouns sche nurschide hir whelpis,
and thou schalt seie, Whi thi modir, a lionesse, lai among liouns? In the myddis of litle liouns sche nurschide hir whelpis,
Update Bible Version
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
Webster's Bible Translation
And say, What [is] thy mother: A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
And say, What [is] thy mother: A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
New English Translation
and say: "‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.
and say: "‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.
New King James Version
and say: "What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
and say: "What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
New Living Translation
"What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
"What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.
New Life Bible
and say: ‘What was your mother? A female lion among lions! She lay down with young lions. She raised her young ones.
and say: ‘What was your mother? A female lion among lions! She lay down with young lions. She raised her young ones.
New Revised Standard
and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She lay down among young lions, rearing her cubs.
and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She lay down among young lions, rearing her cubs.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and thou shalt say - How was thy mother a lioness, Between lions, she lay down,- I n the midst of young lions, She nourished her whelps;
and thou shalt say - How was thy mother a lioness, Between lions, she lay down,- I n the midst of young lions, She nourished her whelps;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?
And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?
Revised Standard Version
and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She couched in the midst of young lions, rearing her whelps.
and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She couched in the midst of young lions, rearing her whelps.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast said: What [is] thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.
and thou hast said: What [is] thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.
Contextual Overview
1 Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, 2 and say: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps! 3 And she brought up one of her whelps, he became a young lion; and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men. 4 Then the nations assembled against him, he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that she was disappointed, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion; and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men. 7 And he knew their castles, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring. 8 Then the nations cried out against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him, he was taken in their pit. 9 And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; that they might bring him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
A lioness: Judea, which possessed strength, courage, and sovereignty. Nahum 2:11, Nahum 2:12, Zephaniah 3:1-4
she lay: Had confederacy with the neighbouring kings, and learned their manners.
her whelps: The sons of Josiah, who learned to be oppressive tyrants from the surrounding princes.
young lions: Job 4:11, Psalms 58:6, Isaiah 5:29, Isaiah 11:6-9, Zechariah 11:3
Reciprocal: Psalms 104:21 - The young Jeremiah 13:18 - unto Ezekiel 19:10 - mother Ezekiel 24:3 - utter Ezekiel 32:2 - Thou art like Matthew 14:11 - and given Mark 6:24 - said James 5:1 - weep
Cross-References
Genesis 18:4
Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.
Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: 'Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.'
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: 'Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.'
Genesis 19:21
And he said unto him: 'See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
And he said unto him: 'See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
Genesis 19:28
And he looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
And he looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Genesis 19:29
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And say, what [is] thy mother?.... That is, say so to the then reigning prince, Zedekiah, what is thy mother like? to what is she to be compared? by whom is meant, not the royal family of David only, or Jerusalem the metropolis of the nation, but the whole body of the people; and so the Targum interprets it of the congregation of Israel. The answer to the question is,
a lioness; she is like to one, not for her strength and glory, but for her cruelty and rapine; for her want of humanity, mercy, and justice:
she lay down among lions; that is, kings, as the Targum interprets it Heathen princes, the kings of the nations about them, as of Egypt and Babylon, Jeremiah 50:17; so called for their despotic and arbitrary power, tyranny, and cruelty: now this lioness, the people of the Jews, lay down among them, joined with them in leagues and marriages, and learned their manners, and became of the same temper and disposition:
she nourisheth her whelps among young lions; princes, as the Targum explains it; either the princes of Judah, who were become like young lions, fierce and cruel; or the princes of other nations, among whom the children of the royal family were brought up; or, however, they were trained up in the principles of such, even of arbitrary and despotic power, and were taught to oppress their subjects, and not execute justice and mercy among them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thy mother - The people represented by Judah. Compare Genesis 49:9; Numbers 23:24.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 19:2. What is thy mother? A lioness — Judea may here be the mother; the lioness, Jerusalem. Her lying down among lions, her having confederacy with the neighbouring kings; for lion here means king.
