Ezekiel 19:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.”
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“and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thou hast said: What <FI>is<Fi> thy mother? --a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 19:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 4:11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
- Psalms 58:6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
- Isaiah 5:29Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.
- Isaiah 11:6The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
- Nahum 2:11Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
- Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
- Zechariah 11:3Listen to the wailing of the shepherds,for their glory is in ruins.Listen to the roaring of the young lions,for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
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