KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Ezekiel 30:4 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the sword” | חֶ֙רֶב֙ | Drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement | sword |
| “shall come” | וּבָאָ֥ה | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | come |
| “upon Egypt,” | בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | upon Egypt |
| “and great pain” | חַלְחָלָה֙ | Writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror | great pain |
| “shall be” | וְהָיְתָ֤ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | shall be |
| “in Ethiopia,” | בְּכ֔וּשׁ | Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory | Ethiopia |
| “when the slain” | חָלָ֖ל | Pierced (especially to death) | slain |
| “shall fall” | בִּנְפֹ֥ל | To fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative) | fall |
| “in Egypt,” | בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “and they shall take away” | וְלָקְח֣וּ | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | take away |
| “her multitude,” | הֲמוֹנָ֔הּ | A noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth | multitude |
| “and her foundations” | יְסֹֽדוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ | A foundation (literally or figuratively) | foundations |
| “shall be broken down.” | וְנֶהֶרְס֖וּ | To pull down or in pieces, break, destroy | broken down |
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2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
3 For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
6 Thus saith the Lord; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.
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