Ezekiel 19:5
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
Ezekiel 19:5 in other translations
| BSB | When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. |
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| WEB | “‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion. |
| ASV | Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. |
| YLT | And she seeth, that stayed--perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it. |
| DARBY | And when she saw that she had waited and her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. |
| BBE | Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion. |
| Webster | Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. |
What does Ezekiel 19:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 19:1-9
A parable lamenting the ruin of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. (Ezek 19:1-9) Another describing the desolation of the people. (Ezek 19:10-14) Verses 1-9 Ezekiel is to compare the kingdom of Judah to a lioness. He must compare the kings of Judah to a lion's whelps; they were cruel and oppressive to their own subjects. The righteousness of God is to be acknowledged, when those who have terrified and enslaved others, are…
Ezekiel 19:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 19:5
- Ezekiel 19:3
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
- 2 Kings 23:34-37
And Pharaoh–nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh–nechoh. Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3; 2Ki 23:34-37
a young lion.King of Judah.
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Context
- Ezekiel 19:4
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 19:5
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
- Ezekiel 19:6
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y viendo ella que había esperado mucho tiempo, y que se perdía su esperanza, tomó otro de sus cachorros, y púsolo por leoncillo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand elle vit qu’elle avait attendu et que son espoir avait péri, elle prit un autre de ses petits, et en fit un jeune lion; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und als sie sah, daß ihre Hoffnung dahin, verloren war, da nahm sie ein anderes von ihren Jungen, machte es zu einem jungen Löwen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quæ cum vidisset quoniam infirmata est, et periit exspectatio ejus, tulit unum de leunculis suis; leonem constituit eum. |