Ezekiel 30:16
New International Version
I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in agony. Thebes will be taken by storm; Memphis will be in constant distress.

New Living Translation
Yes, I will set fire to all Egypt! Pelusium will be racked with pain; Thebes will be torn apart; Memphis will live in constant terror.

English Standard Version
And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis shall face enemies by day.

Berean Standard Bible
I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.

King James Bible
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

New King James Version
And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily.

New American Standard Bible
“I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily.

NASB 1995
“I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily.

NASB 1977
“And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached, And Memphis will have distresses daily.

Legacy Standard Bible
I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish; Thebes will be breached, And Memphis will have distresses daily.

Amplified Bible
“I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in [great] anguish, Thebes shall be torn open And Memphis shall be in daily distress.

Christian Standard Bible
I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.

American Standard Version
And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the day-time.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I shall set fire in Egypt, and Sin shall be disturbed and No shall be broken down, and Mephis shall exist for a fall

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will send fire upon Egypt; and Syene shall be sorely troubled; and there shall be a breaking in Diospolis, and waters shall be poured out.

Contemporary English Version
I will set fire to your nation of Egypt! The city of Pelusium will be in anguish. Thebes will fall, and the people of Memphis will live in constant fear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will make a fire in Egypt: Pelusium shall be in pain like a woman in labour, and Alexandria shall be laid waste, and in Memphis there shall be daily distresses.

English Revised Version
And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up: and Noph shall have adversaries in the day time.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will set fire to Egypt. Sin will be in much pain. Thebes will be broken into pieces, and Memphis will be in trouble every day.

Good News Translation
I will set fire to Egypt, and Pelusium will be in agony. The walls of Thebes will be broken down, and the city will be flooded.

International Standard Version
I'll set fire to Egypt, and Aswan will writhe in agony. Thebes will be demolished, and Memphis will face daily distress.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, And No shall be rent asunder; And in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time.

Literal Standard Version
And I have given fire against Egypt, | Sin is greatly pained, and No is to be broken, | And Noph has daily distresses.

Majority Standard Bible
I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.

New American Bible
I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis besieged in daylight.

NET Bible
I will ignite a fire in Egypt; Syene will writhe in agony, Thebes will be broken down, and Memphis will face enemies every day.

New Revised Standard Version
I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis face adversaries by day.

New Heart English Bible
I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the daytime.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

World English Bible
I will set a fire in Egypt Sin will be in great anguish. No will be broken up. Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have given fire against Egypt, Greatly pained is Sin, and No is to be rent, And Noph hath daily distresses.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
A Lament for Egypt
15I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes. 16I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress. 17The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 44:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt--in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis--and in the land of Pathros:

Ezekiel 30:8
Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

Ezekiel 30:13
This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

Ezekiel 30:14
I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

Ezekiel 30:15
I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.

Ezekiel 30:17
The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.

Ezekiel 39:6
I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

Ezekiel 30:8,9
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed…

Ezekiel 28:18
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

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Adversaries Agony Anguish Asunder Breached Broken Constant Convulsion Daily Daytime Day-Time Distress Distresses Egypt Enemies Fire Great Greatly Memphis Noph Onrush Open Pain Pained Pelusium Rent Sin Syene Thebes Twisting Walls Waters Writhe
Ezekiel 30
1. The desolation of Egypt and her helpers
20. The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will set
וְנָתַ֤תִּי (wə·nā·ṯat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

fire
אֵשׁ֙ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

to Egypt;
בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם (bə·miṣ·ra·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

Pelusium
סִ֔ין (sîn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5512: Eastern frontier city of Egypt

will writhe in anguish,
ח֤וּל (ḥūl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

Thebes
וְנֹ֖א (wə·nō)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4996: Thebes -- an Egyptian city

will be
תִּהְיֶ֣ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

split open,
לְהִבָּקֵ֑עַ (lə·hib·bā·qê·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1234: To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open

and Memphis
וְנֹ֖ף (wə·nōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5297: Memphis -- a city in Egypt

[will face] daily
יוֹמָֽם׃ (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's 3119: Daytime, by day

distress.
צָרֵ֥י (ṣā·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent


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