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;

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

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.

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

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.

Smith's Literal Translation
Son of man set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Egypt:

Catholic Public Domain Version
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and you shall prophesy about him and about all of Egypt.

New American Bible
Son of man, turn your face 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;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh King of Egypt, and prophesy upon him and upon all Egypt
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against 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:

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 19:1-4
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. / “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. / Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists. ...

Jeremiah 46:2-26
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: / “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle! / Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor! ...

Exodus 7:14-25
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go. / Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. / Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened. ...

Isaiah 30:1-5
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. / They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. / But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace. ...

Jeremiah 25:19
Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;

Isaiah 31:1-3
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. / Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers. / But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

Jeremiah 43:8-13
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: / “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes. / Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them. ...

Isaiah 20:3-5
Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush, / so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame. / Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

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.”

Isaiah 19:11-15
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”? / Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. / The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray. ...

Revelation 11:8
Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

Isaiah 45:14
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”

Revelation 16:12
And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.

Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

Revelation 17:1-18
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...


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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Son of man
This phrase is a frequent designation for Ezekiel, used over 90 times in the book. In Hebrew, it is "ben adam," which literally means "son of Adam" or "son of humanity." This title emphasizes Ezekiel's humanity and his role as a representative of the people. It underscores the humility and frailty of the prophet, contrasting with the divine messages he is tasked to deliver. The use of "son of man" also foreshadows the New Testament usage where Jesus refers to Himself with the same title, highlighting His identification with humanity.

set your face against
This phrase indicates a deliberate and resolute opposition. In Hebrew, "set your face" (sim panim) conveys a sense of determination and unwavering focus. It is a prophetic gesture of confrontation, signifying that the prophet is to deliver a message of judgment. This expression is used elsewhere in the Bible to denote God's firm stance against sin and rebellion, emphasizing the seriousness of the forthcoming prophecy.

Pharaoh king of Egypt
Pharaoh was the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt. At the time of Ezekiel's prophecy, Egypt was a significant power in the region, often seen as a potential ally or threat to Israel. Historically, this refers to Pharaoh Hophra (Apries), who reigned during Ezekiel's time. Egypt's political and military influence is well-documented in archaeological findings, and this prophecy highlights the futility of relying on Egypt for security, as Israel often did.

and prophesy against him
The act of prophesying "against" someone indicates a message of judgment or condemnation. In the Hebrew context, prophecy is not merely foretelling the future but is a divine communication that often calls for repentance or warns of impending consequences. Ezekiel's role as a prophet is to convey God's displeasure and impending judgment on Egypt, serving as a reminder of God's sovereignty over all nations.

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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