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Ezekiel 31:2

Thou sonne of man, speake vnto Pharao king of Egypt, and to all his people: whom art thou lyke in thy greatnesse?

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

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?
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 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.
New English Translation
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes: "‘Who are you like in your greatness?
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?
Amplified Bible
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes, 'Whom are you like in your greatness?
English Standard Version
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: "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?
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?
English Revised Version
Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy 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.
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?
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?
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?
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?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, speake vnto Pharaoh King of Egypt, and to his multitude, Whom art thou like in thy greatnesse?
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?
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?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, say to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his multitude;
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "say to the king of Egypt and all his people: How powerful you are! What can I compare you to?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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 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?

Contextual Overview

1 Moreouer, in the eleuenth yere, the first day of ye third moneth, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying, 2 Thou sonne of man, speake vnto Pharao king of Egypt, and to all his people: whom art thou lyke in thy greatnesse? 3 Behold, Assur is a Cedar in Libanon, with faire braunches, and with thycke shadowing bowes, of a hygh stature, & his top was among the thicke bowes. 4 The waters made him great, and the deepe set him vp on hye, with her riuers running rounde about his plantes, and sent out her litle riuers vnto all the trees of the fielde. 5 Therefore was he higher then all the trees of the fielde, and his bowes were multiplied, & his braunches were long, because of the multitude of the waters, which the deepe sent out. 6 Al foules of the aire made their nestes in his braunches, vnder his bowes did all the beastes of the fielde bring foorth their young, and vnder his shadowe dwelt all mightie nations. 7 Beautiful was he in his greatnesse, and in the length of his braunches: for his roote stoode beside great waters. 8 No Cedar tree might hyde hym in the garden of God, there was no fyrre trees like his braunches, the chestnut trees were not like the bowes of him: all the trees in the garden of God, might not be compared vnto him in his beautie. 9 I made him faire with the multitude of his braunches: insomuch that all the trees in the pleasaunt garden of God had enuie at hym.

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 vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect: for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth, and his countenaunce abated.
Genesis 30:27
To whom Laban aunswered: I pray thee, yf I haue founde fauour in thy syght [tary]: for I haue proued that the Lorde blessed me for thy sake.
Genesis 31:9
Thus hath God taken away the increase of your fathers flocke, and geuen it to me.
Genesis 31:11
And the angell of God spake vnto me in a dreame, saying: Iacob? And I aunswered: here am I.
Exodus 4:10
Moyses sayd vnto the Lorde: Oh my Lord, I am neither yesterday nor yer yesterday a man eloquet, neither sence thou hast spoken vnto thy seruaunt: but I am slowe mouthed, & slowe tounged.
Deuteronomy 19:4
For this cause must the slayer flee thyther, that he may lyue: Who so kylleth his neighbour ignorauntly, and hated hym not in tyme passed:
Deuteronomy 28:54
So that it shall greeue the man (that is tender and exceeding delicate among you) to loke on his brother, and vpon his wyfe that lieth in his bosome, and on the remnaunt of his chyldren which he hath yet left,
1 Samuel 19:7
And Ionathan called Dauid, & Ionathan shewed hym all those wordes: & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, & he was in his presence as in tymes past.
Daniel 3:19
Then was Nabuchodonozor full of indignation, so that the countenaunce of his face chaunged vpon Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego: therefore he charged and commaunded that they should heate the fornace, one seuen times more then it was wont to be heat.

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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