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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Ezekiel 29:2

Son of man, Set thy face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, And prophesy against him, and against Egypt all of it:

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nile;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnezzar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Pharaoh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nebuchadrezzar;   Pharaoh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hophra;   Nebuchadnezzar;  

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;
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

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying: 2 Son of man, Set thy face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, And prophesy against him, and against Egypt all of it: 3 Speak, and thou shalt say - Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh Behold me! against thee O Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great Crocodile that lieth along in the midst of his rivers: Who saith - My river is, mine own, Since I myself made it me! 4 Therefore will I put hooks in thy jaws, And cause the fish of thy rivers to stick fast in thy scales,- And will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, And lull the fish of thy rivers Ito thy scales1 shall stick fast; 5 And I will stretch thee out towards the desert thee and all the fish of thy rivers, Off the face of the field, shalt thou lie Thou shalt not be carried away. nor shalt thou be gathered, To the wild beast of the earth and to the bird of the heavens, have I given thee for food. 6 So shall all the inhabitants of Egypt know that I, am Yahweh, Because they were a staff of reed to the house of Israel: 7 Whensoever they took held of thee by the hand, thou didst run through, and tear open for them every hand, - And whensoever they leaned upon thee, thou didst break, and caused all their loins to halt.

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 24:11
And he made the camels kneel down outside the city, against the well of water, - at the time of evening, at the time of the coming forth of the women that drew water,
Genesis 24:13
Here am, I, stationed by the fountain of water, - and, the daughters of the men of the city, are coming forth to draw water:
Genesis 29:6
And he said to them, Is it well with him. And they said, Well, but lo! Rachel his daughter, coming in with the sheep.
Genesis 29:7
And he said Lo! the day is yet high, it is not time for gathering together the cattle, - water the sheep, and go feed.
Genesis 29:15
Then said Laban to Jacob, Is it because my brother, thou art, that thou shouldst serve me for naught? Come tell me! What shall be thy wages?
Genesis 29:16
Now, Laban, had two daughters, - the name of the elder, Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel,
Psalms 23:2
In pastures of tender grass, he maketh me lie down, Unto restful waters, he leadeth me;
Isaiah 49:10
They shall neither hunger, nor thirst, Nor shall smite them the glowing sand, or the glaring sun, - For, he that hath compassion upon them, will lead them, And unto springs of water, will he conduct them.
John 4:6
Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, therefore, having become toil-worn with the journey, was sitting thus, upon the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
John 4:14
But, whosoever shall drink of the water which, I, will give him, in nowise shall thirst, unto times age-abiding, - but, the water which I will give him, shall become, within him, a fountain of water, springing up unto life age-abiding.

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.


 
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