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Ezekiel 29:7
7When they (Israel) grasped you (Egypt) by the hand, You broke and tore apart their hands; When they leaned on you, You broke and strained their backs.”
Ezekiel 29:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their shoulders; When they leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
Context of Ezekiel 29:7
5I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; You will fall on the open field; and you will not be gathered up or buried. I have given you as food to the [wild] animals of the earth and the birds of the sky. 6And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord, Because they have been [only] a staff made of [fragile] reeds to the house of Israel. When they (Israel) grasped you (Egypt) by the hand, You broke and tore apart their hands; When they leaned on you, You broke and strained their backs.” 8‘Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to bring a sword on you and cut off (destroy) both man and animal, 9and the land of Egypt will be a desolation and a wasteland. And they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord. “Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine and I have made it,’
Read all of Ezekiel 29Ezekiel 29:7 word by word
בְּתָפְשָׂ֨ם בְּךָ֤ בַכַּף֙ תֵּר֔וֹץ וּבָקַעְתָּ֥ לָהֶ֖ם כָּל־כָּתֵ֑ף וּבְהִֽשָּׁעֲנָ֤ם עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ תִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֥ לָהֶ֖ם כָּל־מָתְנָֽיִם׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- When they took holdתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
- of thee by thy handכַּףkaph · palmH3709
- thou didst breakרָצַץrâtsats · to crushH7533
- and rendבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
- all their shoulderכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
- and when they leanedשָׁעַןshâ‛an · to leanH8172
- upon thee, thou brakestשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
- and madest all their loinsמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975
- to be at a standעָמַד‛âmad · to shakeH5976
Cross-references for Ezekiel 29:7
- Ezekiel 17:15But Zedekiah rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant [with Babylon] and [still] escape?
- Jeremiah 37:5Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the news about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
- Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in man.
- Psalms 146:3Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
- Proverbs 25:19Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus says the Lord, “Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 29:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7So Egypt was continually proving to Israel, to Jehoiakim and to Zedekiah. The tenses are present not past. To be at a stand - Others, “to totter.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Egypt’s sin is closely connected to Israel. Egypt is described as a staff made of reeds. A reed staff looks strong but breaks easily. Egypt claimed it would support Israel, but it did not have the power or the will to help. It encouraged Israel to rebel against Assyria and Babylon but did not provide real help (compare 2 Kings 18:21). Israel sinned by trusting in this weak support. But Egypt was also guilty. It gave false hope and would face God’s…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. hand--or handle of the reed. rend ... shoulder--by the splinters on which the shoulder or arm would fall, on the support failing the hand. madest ... loins ... at a stand--that is, made them to be disabled. Maurer somewhat similarly (referring to a kindred Arabic form), "Thou hast stricken both their loins." Fairbairn, not so well, "Thou lettest all their loins stand," that is, by themselves, bereft of the support which they looked for from thee.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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