Ezekiel 19:3-4
Ezekiel 19:1-4 The Message (MSG)
Sing the blues over the princes of Israel. Say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She crouched in a pride of young lions. Her cubs grew large. She reared one of her cubs to maturity, a robust young lion. He learned to hunt. He ate men. Nations sounded the alarm. He was caught in a trap. They took him with hooks and dragged him to Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:3-4 King James Version (KJV)
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:3-4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men. Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:3-4 New Century Version (NCV)
When she brought up one of her cubs, he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the animals he hunted, and he ate people. The nations heard about him. He was trapped in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:3-4 American Standard Version (ASV)
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:3-4 New International Version (NIV)
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater. The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:3-4 New King James Version (NKJV)
She brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men. The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:3-4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
‘When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs, He became a [young] lion, And he learned to catch and tear the prey; He devoured men. [2 Kin 23:30, 32] ‘The nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt. [2 Chr 36:1, 4]
Ezekiel 19:3-4 New Living Translation (NLT)
She raised one of her cubs to become a strong young lion. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he became a man-eater. Then the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.