Ezekiel 30:17

New Living Translation

The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and the women will be taken away as slaves.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The young men of On and Pi-besethwill fall by the sword,and those cities will go into captivity.

Hebrew Names Version
The young men of Aven and of Pi-Veset shall fall by the sword; and these [cities] shall go into captivity.

King James Version
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.

English Standard Version
The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword, and the women shall go into captivity.

New American Standard Bible
"The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity.

New Century Version
The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall dead in war, and the people will be taken away as captives.

Amplified Bible
"The young men of On (Aven) and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women [and children] will go into captivity.

World English Bible
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these [cities] shall go into captivity.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The yong men of Auen, and of Phibeseth shall fall by the sworde: and these cities shall goe into captiuitie.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity.

Legacy Standard Bible
The choice men of On and of Pi‑besethWill fall by the sword,And the women will go into captivity.

Berean Standard Bible
The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.

Contemporary English Version
The young soldiers in the cities of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and the rest of the people will be taken prisoner.

Complete Jewish Bible
The young men of On and Pi-Veset will die by the sword, while the cities themselves will go into captivity.

Darby Translation
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these shall go into captivity.

Easy-to-Read Version
The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and the women will be taken away as prisoners.

George Lamsa Translation
The young men of Mapibest shall be weak, and they shall fall by the sword; and the remnant shall go into captivity.

Good News Translation
The young men of the cities of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in the war, and the other people will be taken prisoner.

Lexham English Bible
The young men of On and Pi Beseth will fall by the sword, and they will go into captivity.

Literal Translation
The young men of Aven and Pibeseth shall fall by the sword, and they shall go into captivity.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The best men off Heliopolis & Bubasto shalbe slayne with the swearde ad caried awaye captyue.

American Standard Version
The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.

Bible in Basic English
The young men of On and Pi-beseth will be put to the sword: and these towns will be taken away prisoners.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.

King James Version (1611)
The yong men of Auen and of Phibeseth, shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall goe into captiuitie.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The young men of Auen, and of Phibeseth shall fall by the sworde, and these [cities] shall go into captiuitie.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The youths of Heliopolis and Bubastum shall fall by the sword, and the women shall go into captivity.

English Revised Version
The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The yonge men of Heliopoleos and of Bubasti schulen falle doun bi swerd, and tho citees schulen be led caitifs.

Update Bible Version
The young men of On and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these [cities] shall go into captivity.

Webster's Bible Translation
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these [cities] shall go into captivity.

New English Translation
The young men of On and of Pi-beseth will die by the sword; and the cities will go into captivity.

New King James Version
The young men of Aven [fn] and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword,And these cities shall go into captivity.

New Life Bible
The young men of On and Pi-beseth will be killed in battle, and the women will be taken away.

New Revised Standard
The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and the cities themselves shall go into captivity.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The young men of Aven and Pi-beseth, by the sword, shall fall; And lo! into captivity, stall they themselves wend their way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The young men of Heliopolis, and of Bubastus shall fall by the sword, and they themselves shall go into captivity.

Revised Standard Version
The young men of On and of Pibe'seth shall fall by the sword; and the women shall go into captivity.

Young's Literal Translation
The youths of Aven and Pi-Beseth by sword do fall, And these into captivity do go.

Contextual Overview

¹ This is another message that came to me from the Lord : ² "Son of man, prophesy and give this message from the Sovereign Lord : "Weep and wail for that day, ³ for the terrible day is almost here— the day of the Lord ! It is a day of clouds and gloom, a day of despair for the nations. ⁴ A sword will come against Egypt, and those who are slaughtered will cover the ground. Its wealth will be carried away and its foundations destroyed. The land of Ethiopia will be ravished. ⁵ Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all Arabia, and all their other allies will be destroyed in that war. ⁶ "For this is what the Lord says: All of Egypt's allies will fall, and the pride of her power will end. From Migdol to Aswan they will be slaughtered by the sword, says the Sovereign Lord . ⁷ Egypt will be desolate, surrounded by desolate nations, and its cities will be in ruins, surrounded by other ruined cities. ⁸ And the people of Egypt will know that I am the Lord when I have set Egypt on fire and destroyed all their allies. ⁹ At that time I will send swift messengers in ships to terrify the complacent Ethiopians. Great panic will come upon them on that day of Egypt's certain destruction. Watch for it! It is sure to come! ¹⁰ "For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: By the power of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, I will destroy the hordes of Egypt.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Aven: or, Heliopolis, Genesis 41:45

Pibeseth: or Pubastum, Situated on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, near the top of the Delta.

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 30:23 - General Ezekiel 30:26 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 30:6
Rachel named him Dan, for she said, "God has vindicated me! He has heard my request and given me a son."

Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel's plight and answered her prayers by enabling her to have children.

Genesis 30:26
Let me take my wives and children, for I have earned them by serving you, and let me be on my way. You certainly know how hard I have worked for you."

Genesis 30:27
"Please listen to me," Laban replied. "I have become wealthy, for the Lord has blessed me because of you.

Exodus 3:7
Then the Lord told him, "I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.

1 Samuel 1:20
and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, "I asked the Lord for him."

Luke 1:13
But the angel said, "Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give you a son, and you are to name him John.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The young men of Aven and of Phibeseth shall fall by the sword,.... Aven is the same with On, of which Potipherah was priest in Joseph's time and whose daughter he married, Genesis 41:45, the same with Heliopolis, or Bethshemesh, the city of the sun, see Jeremiah 43:13,

Jeremiah 43:13- :; where was the temple of the sun, and where it was worshipped; and so it is rendered by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions. It is called here "Aven", or "vanity", because of the vain and idolatrous worship here performed. Phibeseth is the Bubastis of Herodotus, and called by other writers Bubastus; hence there was a nome or province in Egypt called the Bubastic nome, mentioned by Ptolemy c, and others. In this was a temple built to the honour of Diana, where she was worshipped and Herodotus d says, that Bubastis, in the Greek tongue, is Diana; here she was worshipped in the form of a cat; and Stephanus e observes, that the Egyptians call a cat Bubastus; and it is also said that dead cats salted were buried in this city, as being sacred: according to Diodorus Siculus f, it was built for the sake of Isis; and Hillerus g says, that in the Abyssine language it was called "Phy' mly' sith"; that is, the portion of the wife, namely of Isis married to Osiris, by whom this city was built to the honour of her; as appears by the pillar of Isis, on which these words are inscribed,

"for me the city of Bubastia is built; be glad, be glad, O Egypt, which brought me up.''

This place is now called Bishbesh, according to Dr. Shaw h: now the young men of both these places, though they might exert themselves in the defence of them, yet should fail therein, and fall by the sword of the Chaldeans:

and these cities shall go into captivity; the rest of the inhabitants of the cities of Aven and Pibeseth, that shall not fall by the sword, shall be carried captive into other lands. Joseph Kimchi supplies "women" instead of "cities"; and thinks, that as the males are mentioned before, the females are understood here. The Targum is,

"they that served them shall go into captivity;''

that served the idols worshipped in these cities.

c Geograph. l. 4. c. 5. d Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 59, 138, 156. e De Urbibus. f Bibliothec l. 1. p. 24. g Onomastic. Sacr. p. 672. h Travels, p. 306. Ed. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Aven - The same as “On” Genesis 41:45, or “Heliopolis.” The word “Aven” means also “transgression” (compare Hosea 10:8). Some have thought that here too Ezekiel substituted the word “Aven” for “On” to mark the “sin” of idolatry there in full vogue.

Pi-beseth - The Bubastis of Herodotus. The hieroglyphic name is “Pe-bast,” the house of Bast (the Egyptian Artemis, the cat-headed goddess). Bubastis was situated on the easternmost, the Pelusian, branch of the Delta. The road from Pelusium to Memphis lay through Bubastis and On. In the days of Herodotus Bubastis was the seat of one of the chief annual festivals of the Egyptians. The Persians took the town and razed the walls. The ruins bear the modern name Tel-Basta.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 30:17. Aven — Or On, the famous Heliopolis, or city of the sun.

Pibeseth — Bubastum or Bubaste, by a slight alteration of the letters. It is situated on the eastern branch of the Nile, towards Arabia.