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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Ezekiel 19:3

And she reared up one of her whelps - A young lion, he became, And he learned to rend prey. Men, he devoured.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lion;   Parables;   Thompson Chain Reference - Truth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz;   Zedekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Destroy, Destruction;   Funeral;   Pit;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hunting;   Shallum;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Poetry;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehoahaz ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jehoahaz;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Whelp;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Lion;   Parable;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Ezekiel;   Hunting;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Whelp;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ariel;   Jehoahaz;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She brought up one of her cubs,and he became a young lion.After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.
Hebrew Names Version
She brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
King James Version
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
English Standard Version
And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
New American Standard Bible
'When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a young lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured people.
New Century Version
When she brought up one of her cubs, he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the animals he hunted, and he ate people.
Amplified Bible
'When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs, He became a [young] lion, And he learned to catch and tear the prey; He devoured men.
World English Bible
She brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.
Legacy Standard Bible
So she brought up one of her cubs;He became a lion,And he learned to tear his prey;He devoured men.
Berean Standard Bible
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
Contemporary English Version
She taught one of them to hunt, and he learned to eat people.
Complete Jewish Bible
One of her cubs she singled out: he became a young lion, he learned to seize his prey, he became a man-eater.
Darby Translation
And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
Easy-to-Read Version
One of her cubs gets up. He has grown to be a strong young lion. He has learned to catch his food. He killed and ate a man.
George Lamsa Translation
And one of her whelps grew up and became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; and he devoured men.
Good News Translation
She raised a cub and taught him to hunt; he learned to eat people.
Lexham English Bible
And she raised up one from her cubs; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate humans.
Literal Translation
And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion and learned to tear the prey; he ate men.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
to spoyle, and to deuoure folke.
American Standard Version
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
Bible in Basic English
And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And she brought up one of her whelps, he became a young lion; and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men.
King James Version (1611)
And shee brought vp one of her whelps: it became a yong lion, & it learned to catch the pray, it deuoured men.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
One of her whelpes she brought vp, and it be came a lion, it learned to catche the pray and to deuour folke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
English Revised Version
And she brought up one of her whelps; he became a young lion: and he learned to catch the prey, he devoured men.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and ledde out oon of hir litle liouns; he was maad a lioun, and he lernyde to take prei, and to ete men.
Update Bible Version
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured man.
Webster's Bible Translation
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
New English Translation
She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
New King James Version
She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men.
New Living Translation
She raised one of her cubs to become a strong young lion. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he became a man-eater.
New Life Bible
She brought up one of her little ones, and he became a lion. He learned to catch his food. He ate men.
New Revised Standard
She raised up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured humans.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.
Revised Standard Version
And she brought up one of her whelps; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
Young's Literal Translation
And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

Contextual Overview

1 Thou. therefore take up a dirge, for the prince of Israel; 2 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; 3 And she reared up one of her whelps - A young lion, he became, And he learned to rend prey. Men, he devoured. 4 Then nations heard of him. In their pit, was he caught, - So they brought him with hooks. Into the land of Egypt. 5 And she saw she had waited Lost was her hope, Then took she another of her whelps. A young lion, she made him. 6 Yea he went to and fro amidst lions A young lion, he became,- And he learned to rend prey. Men, he devoured; 7 And he injured b his widows, And their cities, laid waste,- And deserted was the land and its fulness, At the noise of his roaring. 8 Then set upon him the nations round about. From the provinces,- And spread over him their net In their pit, was he caught; 9 And they put him in a cage with hooks, And brought him to Babylon's king, - They brought him into strong-holds, That his noise might be heard no more Among the mountains of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

one: Jehoahaz, made king of Israel instead of Josiah, who became cruel and oppressive.

it became: Ezekiel 19:6, 2 Kings 23:31, 2 Kings 23:32, 2 Chronicles 36:1, 2 Chronicles 36:2

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:33 - put him 2 Kings 23:34 - he came 2 Chronicles 36:4 - Necho Psalms 10:9 - to catch Jeremiah 22:10 - weep sore Ezekiel 7:23 - a chain Ezekiel 19:5 - another Ezekiel 22:27 - princes Ezekiel 34:3 - ye kill Ezekiel 38:13 - with Ezekiel 45:8 - and my princes Daniel 7:3 - beasts Zechariah 11:3 - a voice Matthew 14:11 - and given Mark 6:24 - said

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
And Lot went forth unto them to the entrance; but the door, closed he behind him.
Genesis 19:8
Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs now bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye to them, as may be good in your eyes, - Only to these men, ye may do nothing; for on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof.
Genesis 19:28
and he looked out over the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and over all the face of the land of the circuit, and beheld and lo! the smoke of the land went up, like the smoke of a furnace.
Genesis 19:29
And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the circuit, that God remembered Abraham, and sent forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities wherein Lot had dwelt.
Genesis 21:8
And the child grew, and was weaned, - and Abraham made a great banquet, on the day of the weaning of Isaac.
Exodus 12:15
Seven days, unleavened cakes, shall ye eat, surely, on the first day, shall ye put away leaven, out of your houses, - for whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of Israel, from the first day, unto the seventh day.
Exodus 12:39
Then baked they the dough which they had brought out of Egypt - into round unleavened cakes for it had not been leavened, - for they had been driven out of Egypt and could not tarry, and indeed no provisions, had they made ready for themselves.
Judges 6:19
So, Gideon, went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and, of an ephah of meal, unleavened cakes, the flesh, he put in a basket, and, the broth, he put in a pot, - and brought them forth unto him, under the oak, and presented them.
1 Samuel 28:24
Now, the woman, had a calf fattening, in the shed. So she hastened, and sacrificed it, - and took meal, and kneaded, and baked thereof, unleavened cakes;
2 Kings 4:8
And so it was, on a day, that Elisha passed over unto Shunem, where was a woman of position, and she constrained him to eat bread, - and so it came about, whensoever he passed that way, that he turned aside thither, to eat bread.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she brought up one of her whelps,.... Or sons, as the Targum: or, "made him to ascend" t, as the word signifies; to mount the throne; this was Jehoahaz, whom the people of the land took and anointed him, and made him king in the stead of Josiah his father,

2 Kings 23:30;

it become a young lion; that is, a king, as the same Targum explains it, and a tyrannical and arbitrary one:

and it learned to catch the prey; being instructed by evil counsellors, he soon learned to oppress his subjects, to get their substance from them, and do many evil things, as he is said to do, 2 Kings 23:32;

it devoured men; or a man, Adam, the people of Israel, so called,

Ezekiel 34:31; as the Jews frequently observe; it ate up and destroyed their liberties, privileges, and property.

t ותעל "et ascendere fecit", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. The short reign of Jehoahaz was marked by violence and idolatry, and was closed by Pharaoh-Necho’s carrying him captive into Egypt.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 19:3. She brought up one of her whelpsJehoahaz, son of Josiah, whose father was conquered and slain by Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt.

It learned to catch the prey — His reign was a reign of oppression and cruelty. He made his subjects his prey, and devoured their substance.


 
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