Ezekiel 32:1-2

New International Reader's Version

32 It was the 12th year since King Jehoiachin had been brought to Babylon as a prisoner. On the first day of the 12th month, a message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said, ²“Son of man, sing a song of sadness about Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt. Tell him,

“ ‘You are like a lion among the nations.
    You are like a monster in the sea.
You move around wildly in your rivers.
    You churn the water with your feet.
    You make the streams muddy.’ ”

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Ezekiel 32:1-2

New International Version

A Lament Over Pharaoh

32 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:^(A) ²“Son of man, take up a lament^(B) concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“‘You are like a lion^(C) among the nations;
    you are like a monster^(D) in the seas^(E)
thrashing about in your streams,
    churning the water with your feet
    and muddying the streams.^(F)

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Ezekiel 32:1-2

King James Version

32 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

²Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

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