Ezekiel 29:4

Ezekiel 29:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
• New International Version (NIV)But I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales. I will pull you out from among your streams, with all the fish sticking to your scales.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will put hooks in your jaws, and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales; and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams, with all the fish of your streams that stick to your scales.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I will put hooks in your jaws, And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.

Context of Ezekiel 29:4

2‘Son of man, turn and look towards Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. You must speak my message to warn him and all Egypt's people. 3Tell them, “The Almighty Lord says this: Listen, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, I have become your enemy. You are like the great monster that lies in Egypt's streams. You say, ‘The Nile river belongs to me! I made it for myself.’ But I will put hooks into your mouth and catch you. I will cause the fish in your streams to hang on your scales. I will pull you out from the streams with all those fish on you. 5I will leave you in the wilderness with all your fish. You will lie on the ground in the open fields. Nobody will pick you up or take care of you. I will give you to the wild animals and birds to be their food. 6Then all the people who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. Israel's people thought that you would help them. But you were only like a weak stick for them.

Ezekiel 29:4 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֤י חַחִים֙ בִּלְחָיֶ֔יךָ וְהִדְבַּקְתִּ֥י דְגַת־יְאֹרֶ֖יךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָ וְהַעֲלִיתִ֙יךָ֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־דְּגַ֣ת יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָ תִּדְבָּֽק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But I will putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• hooksחַחchâch châchîy · hookH2397
• in thy jawsלְחִיlechîy · jawH3895
• and I will cause the fishדָּגָהdâgâh · fishH1710
• of thy riversיְאֹרye'ôr · streamH2975
• to stickדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692
• unto thy scalesקַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂתqaώqeώeth · scaleH7193
• and I will bring thee upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• out of the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432

Cross-references for Ezekiel 29:4

• Ezekiel 38:4I will turn you around. I will put hooks into your mouth and catch you. I will take hold of you and your great army, with its horses and their riders. I will take hold of all your soldiers, who are ready to fight with their swords and their shields. I will pull them all away.
• 2 Kings 19:28Yes, you do shout at me! And I have heard all your proud noise. So I will put my hook in your nose. I will tie a rope to your mouth. Then I will pull you back home by the same way that you came.”
• Job 41:1‘It is the same with the sea monsters called Leviathan. Can you catch them with a hook? Can you use a rope to keep their mouths shut?
• Isaiah 37:29Yes, you do shout at me! And I have heard all your proud noise. So I will put my hook in your nose. I will tie a rope to your mouth. Then I will pull you back home by the same way that you came.”
• Amos 4:2The Lord God has made this promise and he speaks only true words. He says, ‘The time will come, when your enemies will take you away with meat hooks and fish hooks.
• Habakkuk 1:14It seems that you have made people like fish in the sea. They are like animals that have no leader to rule them.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 29:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I will put hooks in thy jaws - Amasis, one of this king's generals, being proclaimed king by an insurrection of the people, dethroned Apries, and seized upon the kingdom; and Apries was obliged to flee to Upper Egypt for safety. I will cause the fish - to stick unto thy scales - Most fish are sorely troubled with a species of insect which bury their heads in their flesh, under their scales, and suck out the vital juices. The allusion seems to be to this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Hooks in thy jaws - Compare Job 41:2. The crocodile is thus rendered an easy prey. Fish of thy rivers - i. e., the allies of Egypt shall be involved in her ruin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The image of the powerful crocodile leads to another image. The Lord will come like a great hunter. Like Tyre, Egypt trusted in its watery defenses. But those waters would not protect it. The king of Egypt, who seemed strong and frightening, would be captured like an ordinary crocodile. He would be dragged into the wilderness, which is a place of judgment. His allies are pictured as fish taken with him. There he would die. His body would be left in the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. hooks in thy jaws--(Is 37:29; compare Job 41:1, 2). Amasis was the "hook." In the Assyrian sculptures prisoners are represented with a hook in the underlip, and a cord from it held by the king. cause ... fish ... stick unto ... scales--Pharaoh, presuming on his power as if he were God (Eze 29:3, "I have made it"), wished to stand in the stead of God as defender of the covenant-people, his motive being, not love to them, but rivalry with Babylon. He…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 29:4

• Hooks
• Nile

In the dictionaries

• Diminish
• Egypt
• Fishhooks
• Hook
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Stick
• Dragon
• Hunting
• Isaiah
• Jaw; Jawbone; Jaw Teeth

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