2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.


In Context

1 Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

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

3 And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 19:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:2And say, What [is] thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:2and say: " 'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:2And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:2And say, What is thy mother: A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:2and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:2and thou hast said: What is thy mother? — a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:2And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.