Ezekiel 30:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ Thus says the Lord: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and its proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within it by the sword, says the Lord God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Thus says the Lord: They also who uphold or lean upon and are supported by Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down; from Migdol [in the north] to Syene [in the south] they shall fall within her by the sword, says the Lord God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Thus saith Jehovah: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Common English Bible

⁶ The LORD proclaims: When Egypt’s helpers fall, its proud strength will decline. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword. This is what the LORD God says.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Thus says the Lord God: And those who prop up Egypt will fall, and the arrogance of its reign will be brought down. They will fall in it by the sword, before the tower of Syene, says the Lord, the God of hosts.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Thus saith the Lord God: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her empire shall be brought down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord the God of hosts.

Ezekiel 30:6 Cross References

Job 9:13

“God will not turn back his anger; the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath him.

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and the one helped will fall, and they will all perish together.

Isaiah 49:12

Look, some shall come from far away, some from the north and from the west, and some from the land of Syene.

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say, “We are heroes and mighty warriors”?

Ezekiel 29:10

therefore, I am against you and against your channels, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.

Ezekiel 33:28

I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and its proud might shall come to an end, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.

Nahum 3:9

Cush was her strength, Egypt, too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers.