Ezekiel 29:3

Ezekiel 29:3 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“ ‘I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

you great monster lying among your streams.

You say, “The Nile belongs to me;

I made it for myself.”

3Speak and say, ‘This is what the Lord 29:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the chGod says:

“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

The great 29:3 Heb tannimmonster that lies in the midst of his 29:3 Or Nilecanals,

That has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’

3Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,

“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers,

That has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’

3Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,

“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers,

[Boastfully] declaring, ‘My Nile is my own, and I have made it for myself.’

3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says:

Behold, I am against you,

O Pharaoh king of Egypt,

O great monster who lies

among his rivers,

who says, ‘The Nile is mine;

I made it myself.’

3Tell him, ‘The Lord and King says,

“ ‘ “Pharaoh Hophra, I am against you.

King of Egypt, you are like a huge monster

lying among your streams.

You say, ‘The Nile River belongs to me.

I made it for myself.’