Ezekiel 29:6

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

New International Version (NIV)

6Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

“ ‘You have been a staff of reed for the people of Israel.

6“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord,

Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.

6Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord,

Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.

6“And 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.

6Then all the people of Egypt

will know that I am the Lord.

For you were only a staff of reeds

to the house of Israel.

6Then everyone who lives in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

“ ‘ “You have been like a walking stick made out of a papyrus stem. The people of Israel tried to lean on you.