Ezekiel 19:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEzekiel 19:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗
ʼâmar
H559
to say
מָ֤ה
mâh
H4100
what
אִמְּךָ֙
ʼêm
H517
mother
לְבִיָּ֔א
lâbîyʼ
H3833
lion
בֵּ֥ין
bêyn
H996
between
אֲרָי֖וֹת
ʼărîy
H738
lion
רָבָ֑צָה
râbats
H7257
to lie down
בְּת֥וֹךְ
tâvek
H8432
midst
כְּפִרִ֖ים
kᵉphîyr
H3715
young lion
רִבְּתָ֥ה
râbâh
H7235
to multiply
גוּרֶֽיהָ
gûwr
H1482
cub
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
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King James Version Public Domain
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and say, ‘Who was your mother? A lioness, she lived with a lion’s son; in the midst of young lions, she nurtured her cubs.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).