Ezekiel 19:3
World English Bible (WEB)
She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
In context
1 “Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. 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 to the land of Egypt.
5 “‘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.
Ezekiel 19:3 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
- KJV King James Version
- And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.