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Ezekiel 31:2

PharaohEgypt

1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“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.

4 The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

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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
“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
KJV
Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
WEB
“Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt and his multitude: ‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
ASV
Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
DARBY
Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
BLB
“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘To whom do you compare your greatness?
ÅB
Menneskesønn! Si til Farao, Egypts konge, og til hans larmende hop. Hvem er du lik i din storhet?
OTB
“Menneskesønn, si til farao, kongen av Egypt, og til hans mengder,
‘Hvem kan lignes med deg i din storhet?
B1930
Menneskesønn! Si til Farao, Egyptens konge, og til hans larmende hop. Hvem er du lik i din storhet?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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  • Ezekiel 29:19

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.

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  • Ezekiel 30:10

    This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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  • Ezekiel 31:18

    Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”

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  • Isaiah 14:13–14

    You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.

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  • Jeremiah 1:17

    Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.

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  • Nahum 3:8–10

    Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

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  • Revelation 10:11

    And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

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  • Jeremiah 1:5

    “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

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