King James Version
Ezekiel 29:6 in the King James Version says “And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of I...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 29:6 · KJV
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.
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. open: Heb. face of the field
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
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“shall know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And all the inhabitants”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that I am the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“because they have been a staff”
H4938support (abstractly), i.e., (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick
“of reed”
H7070a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
“to the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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