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Ezekiel 29:20

I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

KJV

et operi quo servivit adversus eam : dedi ei terram Ægypti pro eo quod laboraverit mihi, ait Dominus Deus.

Vulgate

ἀντὶ τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ ἧς ἐδούλευσεν ἐπὶ Τύρον δέδωκα αὐτῷ γῆν Αἰγύπτου. τάδε λέγει κύριος Κύριος

LXX

I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

ASV

פְּעֻלָּת/וֹ֙ אֲשֶׁר עָ֣בַד בָּ֔/הּ נָתַ֥תִּי ל֖/וֹ אֶת אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר֙ עָ֣שׂוּ לִ֔/י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥/י יְהוִֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 14×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
ם
m
verb · 287×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Deut 2:24 — Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle
  • Isa 10:6 — I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the street
  • Isa 45:1 — Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates
  • Jer 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants there