KJV King James Version
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 19:3
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
WEB World English Bible
She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
ASV American Standard Version
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 19
1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 And say, What [is] thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
5 Now when she saw that she had waited, [and] her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, [and] devoured men.
Cross-references
Ezekiel 19:6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, [and] devoured men.Ezekiel 22:25[There is] a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.2 Kings 23:31-32Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.2 Chronicles 36:1-2Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
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