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Ezekiel 19:2

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19:2and say:

“ ‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions!

She lay among young lions;2 she reared her cubs.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Lions probably refer to Judahite royalty and/or nobility. The lioness appears to symbolize the Davidic dynasty, though some see the referent as Hamutal, the wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. Gen 49:9 seems to be the background for Judah being compared to lions.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

and say:

What was your mother? A lioness!

Among lions she crouched;

in the midst of young lions

she reared her cubs.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and say:

“ ‘What a lioness was your mother

among the lions!

She lay down among them

and reared her cubs.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and say:

What was your mother? A lioness!

She lay down among the lions;

she reared her cubs among the young lions.

NLTNew Living Translation

“What is your mother?

A lioness among lions!

She lay down among the young lions

and reared her cubs.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and you must say,

‘What a lioness was your mother

among the lions.

She lay down in the midst of young lions,

and she reared her lion cubs.

KJV 1900King James Version

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