Ezekiel 19:2
ContextNETBible | and say: “‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; 1 she reared her cubs. |
NIV © biblegateway Eze 19:2 |
and say: "‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs. |
NASB © biblegateway Eze 19:2 |
and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs. |
NLT © biblegateway Eze 19:2 |
‘What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs. |
MSG © biblegateway Eze 19:2 |
Say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She crouched in a pride of young lions. Her cubs grew large. |
BBE © SABDAweb Eze 19:2 |
What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Eze 19:2 |
and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She lay down among young lions, rearing her cubs. |
NKJV © biblegateway Eze 19:2 |
"and say: ‘What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs. |
[+] More English
|
KJV | |
NASB © biblegateway Eze 19:2 |
|
LXXM | |
NET [draft] ITL | |
HEBREW |
NETBible | and say: “‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; 1 she reared her cubs. |
NET Notes |
1 sn Lions probably refer to Judahite royalty and/or nobility. The lioness appears to symbolize the Davidic dynasty, though some see the referent as Hamutal, the wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. Gen 49:9 seems to be the background for Judah being compared to lions. |