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Ezekiel 19:2

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

KJV

et dices : Quare mater tua leæna inter leones cubavit ? in medio leunculorum enutrivit catulos suos ?

Vulgate

καὶ ἐρεῖς Τί ἡ μήτηρ σου; σκύμνος· ἐν μέσῳ λεόντων ἐγενήθη, ἐν μέσῳ λεόντων ἐπλήθυνεν σκύμνους αὐτῆς.

LXX

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

ASV

וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֗ מָ֤ה אִמְּ/ךָ֙ לְבִיָּ֔א בֵּ֥ין אֲרָי֖וֹת רָבָ֑צָה בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ כְּפִרִ֖ים רִבְּתָ֥ה גוּרֶֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
הָ
h
noun · 7×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כְּפִ֣יר
kpyr
noun · 31×
לָבִ֣יא
lby'
noun · 14×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
רֹבֵ֖ץ
rbts
verb · 30×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
  • Jer 13:18 — Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
  • Mark 6:24 — And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
  • Ps 104:21 — The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.