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KJV Lexicon It shall be the basestshaphal (shaw-fawl') depressed, literally or figuratively -- base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly). of the kingdoms mamlakah (mam-law-kaw') dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm) -- kingdom, king's, reign, royal. neither shall it exalt nasa' (naw-saw') to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows) itself any more above the nations gowy (go'-ee) a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. for I will diminish ma`at (maw-at') to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective) them that they shall no more rule radah (raw-daw') to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off -- (come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take. over the nations gowy (go'-ee) a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. King James Bible It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. Holman Christian Standard Bible Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small they cannot rule over the nations. International Standard Version the least significant of kingdoms. It will never again dominate other nations. I will make them so small that they will never again rule any nation. NET Bible It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. GOD'S WORD® Translation They will be the weakest kingdom, and they will never rule the nations again. I will make them so weak that they will never rule the nations again. King James 2000 Bible It shall be the lowest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. Links Ezekiel 29:15Ezekiel 29:15 NIV Ezekiel 29:15 NLT Ezekiel 29:15 ESV Ezekiel 29:15 NASB Ezekiel 29:15 KJV |