6Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the LORD . " 'You have been a staff of reed for the house of Israel.


In Context

3 Speak to him and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: " 'I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, "The Nile is mine; I made it for myself."

4 But I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales. I will pull you out from among your streams, with all the fish sticking to your scales.

5 I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and not be gathered or picked up. I will give you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.

6 Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the LORD . " 'You have been a staff of reed for the house of Israel.

7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.

8 " 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will bring a sword against you and kill your men and their animals.

Ezekiel 29:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I [am] the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a reed to the house of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:6All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:6And known have all inhabitants of Egypt That I am Jehovah, Because of their being a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.