King James Version
Ezekiel 29:2 in the King James Version says “Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:”
Ezekiel 29:2 · KJV
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“thy face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and prophesy”
H5012to prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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