Ezekiel 19:2 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and thou hast said: What [is] thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

English ASV

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

English Amplified

And say, What a lioness was your mother [Jerusalem-Judah]! She couched among lions; in the midst of young lions she nourished her cubs.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And say, What a lioness was your mother [Jerusalem-Judah]! She couched among lions; in the midst of young lions she nourished her cubs.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

English EASY 2024

Say this: “Your mother was like a great lion among the other lions. She lay among strong young lions. She helped her children to grow safely.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"'Your mother is like a female lion, lying there with the male lions. She went to lie down with the young male lions and had many babies.

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

What a lioness your mother was! She raised her cubs among the fierce male lions.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Say: Your mother was like a lioness. She lay down among the lions. She fed many cubs.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! She lay down among the lions; she reared her cubs among the young lions.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions; She reared her cubs.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

and say: What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions; she nourished her whelps.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

What a lioness was your mother, a lion of lions! Among young lions she couched to rear her whelps.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

and say: “‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Say to Israel, " 'You were like a mother lion to your princes. She lay down among the young lions. She brought up her cubs.

English NIV

and say: "'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.

English NKJ 1982

and say: ‘What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.

English NLT

`What is your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She lay down among young lions, rearing her cubs.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

saying, “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She couched in the midst of young lions, rearing her whelps.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

What a woman your mother was—like a lioness! Her children were like lion's cubs!

English Tyndale 1537

and say: Wherefore lay thy mother that lioness among the lions, and nourished her young ones among the lion's whelps?

Ezekiel 19:2 — Compare Translations