Ezekiel 19:6

Ezekiel 19:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
• New International Version (NIV)He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,
• New King James Version (NKJV)He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men.

Context of Ezekiel 19:6

4The nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt. 5When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion. And he moved among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear the prey; He devoured men. 7He destroyed their palaces And he flattened their cities; And the land and all who were in it were appalled By the sound of his roaring. 8Then the nations set against him (the king) On every side from the provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit.

Ezekiel 19:6 word by word

וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בְּתוֹךְ־אֲרָי֖וֹת כְּפִ֣יר הָיָ֑ה וַיִּלְמַ֥ד לִטְרָף־טֶ֖רֶף אָדָ֥ם אָכָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he went up and downהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• the lionsאֲרִי'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
• he became a young lionכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
• and learnedלָמַדlâmad · to learn: learnH3925
• to catchטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
• the preyטֶ֫רֶףţereph · preyH2964
• devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120

Cross-references for Ezekiel 19:6

• 2 Kings 24:1In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.
• 2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
• Jeremiah 22:13“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who builds his house by [acts of] unrighteousness And his upper chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbor’s service without pay And does not give him wages [for his work],
• Ezekiel 26:1Now in the eleventh year, on the first [day] of the month [after the capture of King Jehoiachin], the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
• Ezekiel 36:1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.
• Ezekiel 19:3When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs, He became a [young] lion, And he learned to catch and tear the prey; He devoured men.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 19:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And he went up and down among the lions - He became a perfect heathen, and made Judea as idolatrous as any of the surrounding nations. He reigned eleven years, a monster of iniquity, 2 Kings 23:30, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-9Verses 4-9 Chains - See the marginal rendering to Ezekiel 19:9 and Isaiah 27:9, note. Ezekiel 19:5 Another - Jehoiachin who soon showed himself no less unworthy than Jehoahaz. The “waiting” of the people was during the absence of their rightful lord Jehoahaz, a captive in Egypt while Jehoiakim, whom they deemed an usurper, was on the throne. It was not until Jehoiachin succeeded, that they seemed to themselves to have a monarch of their own 2 Kings 24:6…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The second cub acted like the first one, but he was even more violent. He destroyed towns and cities. This cub may represent Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, or Zedekiah. The text does not clearly say which one. It is also not clear which towns and cities were destroyed. The prophet may be describing the harmful results of the king’s foolish foreign policy (his decisions about relationships with other nations). These choices brought suffering to the towns and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. went up and down among the lions--imitated the recklessness and tyranny of the surrounding kings (Jr 22:13-17). catch ... prey--to do evil, gratifying his lusts by oppression (2Ki 23:37).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings