Ezekiel 29:2

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, face Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, set your face against Par`oh king of Mitzrayim, and prophesy against him, and against all Mitzrayim;

King James Version
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

English Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

New Century Version
"Human, look toward the king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and all Egypt.

Amplified Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

World English Bible
Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, set thy face against Pharaoh the King of Egypt, and prophecie against him, and against all Egypt.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the king of Egypt. Tell him and his people

Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being, turn your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt; prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

Darby Translation
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt;

Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, look toward Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Speak for me against him and Egypt.

George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the king of Egypt. Tell him how he and all the land of Egypt will be punished.

Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against Egypt, all of it.

Literal Translation
Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against Egypt, all of it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O thou sonne off ma, set now thy face agaynst Pharao the kynge off Egipte, Prophecye agaynst him and agaynst the whole lode of Egipte:

American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

Bible in Basic English
Son of man, let your face be turned against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and be a prophet against him and against all Egypt:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophecie against him, and against all Egypt.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, set thy face against Pharao the king of Egypt, prophecie against him, and against the whole lande of Egypt.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt:

English Revised Version
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou, sone of man, sette thi face ayens Farao, king of Egipt; and thou schalt profesie of hym, and of al Egipt.

Update Bible Version
Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

New English Translation
"Son of man, turn toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

New King James Version
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.

New Living Translation
"Son of man, turn and face Egypt and prophesy against Pharaoh the king and all the people of Egypt.

New Life Bible
"Son of man, look toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and speak against him and against all Egypt.

New Revised Standard
Mortal, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man, Set thy face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, And prophesy against him, and against Egypt all of it:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Egypt:

Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

Young's Literal Translation
`Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt -- all of it.

Contextual Overview

¹In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day, God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Pharaoh king of Egypt. Preach against him and all the Egyptians. Tell him, ‘ God , the Master, says: "‘Watch yourself, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. I'm dead set against you, You lumbering old dragon, lolling and flaccid in the Nile, Saying, "It's my Nile. I made it. It's mine." I'll set hooks in your jaw; I'll make the fish of the Nile stick to your scales. I'll pull you out of the Nile, with all the fish stuck to your scales. Then I'll drag you out into the desert, you and all the Nile fish sticking to your scales. You'll lie there in the open, rotting in the sun, meat to the wild animals and carrion birds. Everybody living in Egypt will realize that I am God . "‘Because you've been a flimsy reed crutch to Israel so that when they gripped you, you splintered and cut their hand, and when they leaned on you, you broke and sent them sprawling—Message of God , the Master—I'll bring war against you, do away with people and animals alike, and turn the country into an empty desert so they'll realize that I am God . "‘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. "‘I'll make Egypt the most desolate of all desolations. For forty years I'll make her cities the most wasted of all wasted cities. I'll scatter Egyptians to the four winds, send them off every which way into exile. "‘But,' says God , the Master, ‘that's not the end of it. After the forty years, I'll gather up the Egyptians from all the places where they've been scattered. I'll put things back together again for Egypt. I'll bring her back to Pathros where she got her start long ago. There she'll start over again from scratch. She'll take her place at the bottom of the ladder and there she'll stay, never to climb that ladder again, never to be a world power again. Never again will Israel be tempted to rely on Egypt. All she'll be to Israel is a reminder of old sin. Then Egypt will realize that I am God , the Master.'" In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has worn out his army against Tyre. They've worked their fingers to the bone and have nothing to show for it. "Therefore, God , the Master, says, ‘I'm giving Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He'll haul away its wealth, pick the place clean. He'll pay his army with Egyptian plunder. He's been working for me all these years without pay. This is his pay: Egypt. Decree of God , the Master. "‘And then I'll stir up fresh hope in Israel—the dawn of deliverance!—and I'll give you, Ezekiel, bold and confident words to speak. And they'll realize that I am God .'" ⁷Never a World Power Again In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day, God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Pharaoh king of Egypt. Preach against him and all the Egyptians. Tell him, ‘ God , the Master, says: "‘Watch yourself, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. I'm dead set against you, You lumbering old dragon, lolling and flaccid in the Nile, Saying, "It's my Nile. I made it. It's mine." I'll set hooks in your jaw; I'll make the fish of the Nile stick to your scales. I'll pull you out of the Nile, with all the fish stuck to your scales. Then I'll drag you out into the desert, you and all the Nile fish sticking to your scales. You'll lie there in the open, rotting in the sun, meat to the wild animals and carrion birds. Everybody living in Egypt will realize that I am God . "‘Because you've been a flimsy reed crutch to Israel so that when they gripped you, you splintered and cut their hand, and when they leaned on you, you broke and sent them sprawling—Message of God , the Master—I'll bring war against you, do away with people and animals alike, and turn the country into an empty desert so they'll realize that I am God . "‘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. "‘I'll make Egypt the most desolate of all desolations. For forty years I'll make her cities the most wasted of all wasted cities. I'll scatter Egyptians to the four winds, send them off every which way into exile. "‘But,' says God , the Master, ‘that's not the end of it. After the forty years, I'll gather up the Egyptians from all the places where they've been scattered. I'll put things back together again for Egypt. I'll bring her back to Pathros where she got her start long ago. There she'll start over again from scratch. She'll take her place at the bottom of the ladder and there she'll stay, never to climb that ladder again, never to be a world power again. Never again will Israel be tempted to rely on Egypt. All she'll be to Israel is a reminder of old sin. Then Egypt will realize that I am God , the Master.'" In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has worn out his army against Tyre. They've worked their fingers to the bone and have nothing to show for it. "Therefore, God , the Master, says, ‘I'm giving Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He'll haul away its wealth, pick the place clean. He'll pay his army with Egyptian plunder. He's been working for me all these years without pay. This is his pay: Egypt. Decree of God , the Master. "‘And then I'll stir up fresh hope in Israel—the dawn of deliverance!—and I'll give you, Ezekiel, bold and confident words to speak. And they'll realize that I am God .'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

set: Ezekiel 6:2, Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 21:2, Ezekiel 25:2, Ezekiel 28:21, Ezekiel 28:22

Pharaoh: This was Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, who, Herodotus informs us, agreeably to the character given him by the prophet, "proudly and wickedly boasted of having established his kingdom so securely, that it was not in the power of any God to dispossess him of it." Jeremiah 44:30

against all: Ezekiel 30:1 - Ezekiel 32:32, Isaiah 18:1 - Isaiah 19:17, Isaiah 20:1-6, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 25:18, Jeremiah 25:19, Jeremiah 43:8-13, Jeremiah 46:2-16, Joel 3:19, Zechariah 14:18, Zechariah 14:19

Cross-References

Genesis 29:6
"Are things well with him?" Jacob continued. "Very well," they said. "And here is his daughter Rachel coming with the flock."

Genesis 29:7
Jacob said, "There's a lot of daylight still left; it isn't time to round up the sheep yet, is it? So why not water the flocks and go back to grazing?"

Genesis 29:16
Now Laban had two daughters; Leah was the older and Rachel the younger. Leah had nice eyes, but Rachel was stunningly beautiful. And it was Rachel that Jacob loved. So Jacob answered, "I will work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."

Revelation 7:17
The Servants of God Immediately I saw Four Angels standing at the four corners of earth, standing steady with a firm grip on the four winds so no wind would blow on earth or sea, not even rustle a tree. Then I saw another Angel rising from where the sun rose, carrying the seal of the Living God. He thundered to the Four Angels assigned the task of hurting earth and sea, "Don't hurt the earth! Don't hurt the sea! Don't so much as hurt a tree until I've sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads!" I heard the count of those who were sealed: 144,000! They were sealed out of every Tribe of Israel: 12,000 sealed from Judah, 12,000 from Reuben, 12,000 from Gad, 12,000 from Asher, 12,000 from Naphtali, 12,000 from Manasseh, 12,000 from Simeon, 12,000 from Levi, 12,000 from Issachar, 12,000 from Zebulun, 12,000 from Joseph, 12,000 sealed from Benjamin. I looked again. I saw a huge crowd, too huge to count. Everyone was there—all nations and tribes, all races and languages. And they were standing, dressed in white robes and waving palm branches, standing before the Throne and the Lamb and heartily singing: Salvation to our God on his Throne! Salvation to the Lamb! All who were standing around the Throne—Angels, Elders, Animals—fell on their faces before the Throne and worshiped God, singing: Oh, Yes! The blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving, The honor and power and strength, To our God forever and ever and ever! Oh, Yes! Just then one of the Elders addressed me: "Who are these dressed in white robes, and where did they come from?" Taken aback, I said, "O Sir, I have no idea—but you must know." Then he told me, "These are those who come from the great tribulation, and they've washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb. That's why they're standing before God's Throne. They serve him day and night in his Temple. The One on the Throne will pitch his tent there for them: no more hunger, no more thirst, no more scorching heat. The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them, will lead them to spring waters of Life. And God will wipe every last tear from their eyes."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... Pharaoh was a name common to all the kings of Egypt; the name of this king was Pharaohhophra, Jeremiah 44:30, and who, by Herodotus x, is called Apries:

and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt; prophesy of his destruction, and of the destruction of the whole land that is under his dominion.

x Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 161.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 29:2. Set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt — This was Pharaoh-hophra or Pharaoh-apries, whom we have so frequently met with in the prophecies of Jeremiah, and much of whose history has been given in the notes.