Ezekiel 29:2
New International Version
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

New Living Translation
“Son of man, turn and face Egypt and prophesy against Pharaoh the king and all the people of Egypt.

English Standard Version
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

Berean Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

King James Bible
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

New King James Version
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

NASB 1995
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

NASB 1977
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Amplified Bible
“Son of man, set your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Christian Standard Bible
“Son of man, face Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Son of man, turn your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh King of Egypt, and prophesy upon him and upon all Egypt

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt:

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the king of Egypt. Tell him and his people

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Egypt:

English Revised Version
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Son of man, turn to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the king of Egypt. Tell him how he and all the land of Egypt will be punished.

International Standard Version
"Son of Man, turn your attention to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and the entire nation of Egypt.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

Literal Standard Version
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt—all of it.

Majority Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

New American Bible
Son of man, turn your face toward Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

NET Bible
"Son of man, turn toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

New Revised Standard Version
Mortal, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

New Heart English Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

World English Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt -- all of it.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Judgment Against Pharaoh
1In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. 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.’…

Cross References
Isaiah 19:1
This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Jeremiah 44:30
This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life."

Jeremiah 46:2
concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:


Treasury of Scripture

Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

set

Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

Ezekiel 21:2
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

Pharaoh.

Jeremiah 44:30
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

against all

Ezekiel 30:1-32:32
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, …

Isaiah 18:1-19:17
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: …

Isaiah 20:1-6
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; …

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of man,
אָדָ֕ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

set
שִׂ֣ים (śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

your face
פָּנֶ֔יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Pharaoh
פַּרְעֹ֖ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

king
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Egypt
מִצְרָ֑יִם (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

and prophesy
וְהִנָּבֵ֣א (wə·hin·nā·ḇê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspiration

against him
עָלָ֔יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and against
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all
כֻּלָּֽהּ׃ (kul·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

of Egypt.
מִצְרַ֖יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


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