Ezekiel 19:2-3
Ezekiel 19:2-3 New International Version (NIV)
and say: “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs. She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
Ezekiel 19:1-4 The Message (MSG)
Sing the blues over the princes of Israel. Say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She crouched in a pride of young lions. Her cubs grew large. She reared one of her cubs to maturity, a robust young lion. He learned to hunt. He ate men. Nations sounded the alarm. He was caught in a trap. They took him with hooks and dragged him to Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:2-3 King James Version (KJV)
and say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:2-3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs. When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:2-3 New Century Version (NCV)
Say: ‘Your mother was like a female lion. She lay down among the young lions. She had many cubs. 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.
Ezekiel 19:2-3 American Standard Version (ASV)
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps. And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:2-3 New International Version (NIV)
and say: “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among them and reared her cubs. She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
Ezekiel 19:2-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
and say: ‘What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs. She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:2-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
and say, ‘What was your mother [Jerusalem and Judah]? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs. ‘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. [2 Kin 23:30, 32]
Ezekiel 19:2-3 New Living Translation (NLT)
“What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs. 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.
Ezekiel 19:2-3 The Passion Translation (TPT)
saying, “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs. One of the cubs she raised grew into a young and powerful man-eating lion who learned to hunt and devour his prey.
Ezekiel 19:2-3 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs. And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.