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Ezekiel 29:4

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But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

But I will put {H5414} hooks {H2397}{H2397} in thy jaws {H3895}, and I will cause the fish {H1710} of thy rivers {H2975} to stick {H1692} unto thy scales {H7193}, and I will bring thee up {H5927} out of the midst {H8432} of thy rivers {H2975}, and all the fish {H1710} of thy rivers {H2975} shall stick {H1692} unto thy scales {H7193}.

But I will put hooks in your jaws and make your Nile fish stick to your scales. Yes, I will bring you up from your Nile, with all your Nile fish sticking to your scales,

But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 38:4 (5 votes)

    And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

  • 2 Kings 19:28 (5 votes)

    Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  • Isaiah 37:29 (2 votes)

    Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  • Amos 4:2 (2 votes)

    The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

  • Habakkuk 1:14 (2 votes)

    And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them?

  • Habakkuk 1:15 (2 votes)

    They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

  • Job 41:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?