20I have given him Egypt as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign LORD .


In Context

17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

18 "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare and every shoulder made raw. Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre.

19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder the land as pay for his army.

20 I have given him Egypt as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign LORD .

21 "On that day I will make a horn grow for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD ."

Ezekiel 29:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:20I have given him the land of Egypt [for] his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:20And for the service that he hath done me against it: I have given him the land of Egypt, because he hath laboured for me, saith the Lord God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:20I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:20I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompence for which he served, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor with which he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:20His wage for which he laboured I have given to him, The land of Egypt — in that they wrought for Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor with which he served against it, because they worked for me, said the Lord GOD.