Ezekiel 31:1
In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
3 Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- KJV
- And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- WEB
- In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
- ASV
- And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
- DARBY
- And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third [month], on the first of the month, [that] the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
- BLB
- And it came to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third [month], on the first of the month, [that] the word of YHWH came to me, saying:
- ÅB
- I det ellevte år, i den tredje måned, på den første dag i måneden, kom Herrens ord til meg, og det lød så:
- OTB
- I det ellevte året, i den tredje måneden, på den første dagen, kom Herrens budskap til meg:
- B1930
- I det ellevte år, i den tredje måned, på den første dag i måneden, kom Herrens ord til mig, og det lød så:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 30:20
In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Read in contextJeremiah 52:5–6
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:2
On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
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