Ezekiel 19:3 She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.

English Standard Version
And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.

New American Standard Bible
When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.

King James Bible
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.

International Standard Version
She raised one cub in particular, teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings.

American Standard Version
And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.

Darby Bible Translation
And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

Young's Literal Translation
And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

19:1-9 Ezekiel is to compare the kingdom of Judah to a lioness. He must compare the kings of Judah to a lion's whelps; they were cruel and oppressive to their own subjects. The righteousness of God is to be acknowledged, when those who have terrified and enslaved others, are themselves terrified and enslaved. When professors of religion form connexions with ungodly persons, their children usually grow up following after the maxims and fashions of a wicked world. Advancement to authority discovers the ambition and selfishness of men's hearts; and those who spend their lives in mischief, generally end them by violence.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. young lion—Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, carried captive from Riblah to Egypt by Pharaoh-necho (2Ki 23:33).