Ezekiel 29:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolate lands, and her cities will be among ruined cities—a desolation for forty years. I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the lands.

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will make{H5414} the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} a desolation{H8077} in the midst{H8432} of the countries{H776} that are desolate;{H8074} and her cities{H5892} among{H8432} the cities{H5892} that are laid waste{H2717} shall be a desolation{H8077} forty{H705} years;{H8141} and I will scatter{H6327} the Egyptians{H4714} among the nations,{H1471} and will disperse{H2219} them through the countries.{H776}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} desolate{H8077} in the midst{H8432} of the countries{H776} that are desolate{H8074}{(H8737)}, and her cities{H5892} among{H8432} the cities{H5892} that are laid waste{H2717}{(H8716)} shall be desolate{H8077} forty{H705} years{H8141}: and I will scatter{H6327}{(H8689)} the Egyptians{H4714} among the nations{H1471}, and will disperse{H2219}{(H8765)} them through the countries{H776}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I wil make the londe of Egipte to be desolate amonge other waist countrees, and her cities to lye voyde xl. yeares, amonge other voyde cities: And I wil scatre the Egipcians amonge the Heithen and nacions.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And I wil make the land of Egypt desolate in the middes of the countries, that are desolate, and her cities shall be desolate among the cities that are desolate, for fourtie yeeres: and I wil scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and wil disperse them through the countreis.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I wil make the land of Egypt to be desolate among other waste countreys, and her cities destroyed fourtie yeres among other destroyed cities: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and strawe them thorow the countreys.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries [that are] desolate, and her cities among the cities [that are] laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And I have made the land of Egypt a desolation, In the midst of desolate lands, And its cities, in the midst of waste cities, Are a desolation forty years, And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have dispersed them through lands.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I will make the land of Egypt a waste among the countries which are made waste, and her towns will be unpeopled among the towns which have been made waste, for forty years: and I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 46:19 : 19 Prepare your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will become a desolation, a ruin without inhabitants.
  • Ezek 30:7 : 7 They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie in ruins among ruined cities.
  • Ezek 30:23 : 23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
  • Ezek 30:26 : 26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
  • Jer 25:15-19 : 15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: 'Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.' 16 They will drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I am sending among them. 17 So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it. 18 Jerusalem, the towns of Judah, its kings, and officials, to make them a ruin, a desolation, an object of hissing and cursing, as they are today. 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people.
  • Jer 27:6-9 : 6 Now I have handed over all these lands to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him. 7 All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave. 8 But any nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or place its neck under his yoke—I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand. 9 So do not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, soothsayers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ 10 They are prophesying lies to you, and the result will be that I will drive you far from your land, and you will perish. 11 But the nation that willingly brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will let dwell on its land, declares the LORD, to work it and live on it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 29:13-14
    2 verses
    89%

    13 For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years, I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.

    14 I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.

  • Ezek 30:23
    85%

    23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.

  • Ezek 29:9-11
    3 verses
    84%

    9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because he said, 'The Nile is mine; I made it,'

    10 therefore, I am against you and your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a waste from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.

    11 No foot of man or beast will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years.

  • Ezek 30:26
    82%

    26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezek 32:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    15 When I make the land of Egypt desolate and lay waste everything in it, striking down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.

    16 This is a lamentation, and the daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it for Egypt and all her multitude, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 30:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie in ruins among ruined cities.

    8 Then they will know that I am the Lord when I set fire to Egypt, and all her allies are broken.

  • Lev 26:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32 I will bring the land to desolation so that even your enemies who live there will be appalled by it.

    33 I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you. Your land will be desolate and your cities will lie in ruins.

  • Jer 44:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12 I will take the remnant of Judah who were determined to go to the land of Egypt to live there, and they will all meet their end in the land of Egypt. They will fall by the sword and perish by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by the sword and famine. They will become an object of cursing and astonishment, a curse and a reproach.

    13 And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt as I punished Jerusalem, with the sword, famine, and pestilence.

  • Ezek 32:12
    75%

    12 By the swords of mighty warriors, the most ruthless of all nations, I will bring down your horde. They will ravage the pride of Egypt, and all its hordes will be destroyed.

  • Ezek 30:10-14
    5 verses
    75%

    10 This is what the Lord God says: 'I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.'

    11 He and his army, the ruthless of the nations, will be brought to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

    12 'I will dry up the streams of Egypt, sell the land into the hands of evil men, and desolate the land and everything in it by the hand of foreigners. I, the Lord, have spoken.'

    13 This is what the Lord God says: 'I will destroy idols, and I will put an end to worthless images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will fill the land with fear.'

    14 'I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgments on Thebes.'

  • Ezek 22:15
    74%

    15 I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you throughout the lands, and I will cleanse you from your impurity.

  • Ezek 30:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18 The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yokes of Egypt there. Her proud strength will cease, and a cloud will cover her, while her villages go into captivity.

    19 I will execute judgments on Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezek 12:15
    73%

    15 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.

  • Jer 42:17-18
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    17 All who are determined to go to Egypt to settle there will die by the sword, famine, and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.

    18 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As my anger and wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so too will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing, horror, condemnation, and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.

  • Ezek 36:19
    73%

    19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the lands. I judged them according to their ways and their deeds.

  • Isa 19:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 I will hand over the Egyptians to a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.

    5 The waters will dry up from the sea, and the river will be parched and dry.

  • Jer 43:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 He will come and attack the land of Egypt. Those destined for death will go to death, those destined for captivity to captivity, and those destined for the sword to the sword.

    12 I will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. He will wrap himself in the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there in peace.

  • Isa 19:2
    73%

    2 I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against his brother, each against his neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

  • Dan 11:42
    73%

    42 He will extend his power over many lands, and the land of Egypt will not escape.

  • Jer 46:19
    73%

    19 Prepare your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will become a desolation, a ruin without inhabitants.

  • Ezek 20:23
    73%

    23 I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands,

  • Ezek 29:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 I will leave you in the desert—you and all the fish of your rivers. You will fall on the open fields, and you will not be gathered or buried. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the heavens.

    6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

  • Ezek 29:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, her plunder, and her loot as wages for his army.

    20 As payment for the labor he performed, I have given him the land of Egypt, because they worked for me, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 46:8
    72%

    8 Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters surge like rivers. It says, 'I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'

  • Ezek 30:16
    71%

    16 I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in agony, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis will face daily distress.

  • Ezek 5:14
    71%

    14 I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

  • Ezek 30:4
    71%

    4 A sword will come against Egypt, and anguish will be in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt. Her wealth will be carried away, and her foundations will be demolished.

  • Isa 19:18
    71%

    18 In that day, five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

  • Zech 7:14
    71%

    14 'I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. The land was left so desolate behind them that no one could come or go. This is how they made the pleasant land a wasteland.'

  • Ezek 33:28
    71%

    28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and its proud strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, with no one passing through.

  • Jer 44:27
    71%

    27 Behold, I am watching over them for harm and not for good. Every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will perish by the sword and by famine until they are completely destroyed.

  • Jer 9:16
    70%

    16 This is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'Consider and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilled wailing women to arrive.'

  • Isa 11:15
    70%

    15 The LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt. With a scorching wind, He will wave His hand over the River and divide it into seven streams, allowing people to cross in sandals.

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