Ezekiel 31:2

Pharaoh Egypt

¹ 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,

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

³ Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

⁴ The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

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.

Compare

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

Cross references

Ezekiel 29:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
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Ezekiel 30:10
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
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Ezekiel 31:18
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
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Isaiah 14:13–14
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
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Jeremiah 1:17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
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Nahum 3:8–10
Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
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Revelation 10:11
And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
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Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
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