Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Pharaoh, with his massive army and large battalions won't protect him when mounds and siege walls are built to destroy many people.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
Holman Bible
Pharaoh will not help him with his great army and vast horde in battle,
A Conservative Version
Nor shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
American Standard Version
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.
Amplified
Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in the war, when they (the Babylonians) put up ramps and build siege walls to destroy many lives.
Bible in Basic English
And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives:
Darby Translation
Neither shall Pharaoh with a mighty army and a great assemblage do anything for him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
Julia Smith Translation
And not with great strength and with a great convocation, shall Pharaoh do for him in the war by throwing up a mound and by building a watchtower to cut off many souls?
King James 2000
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, by casting up siege mounds, and building walls, to cut off many persons:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And not with a great army and with a great crowd will Pharaoh work with him in the war, at the pouring out of a siege ramp and the building of siege works to destroy many lives.
Modern King James verseion
Nor shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company work for him in the war, by pouring out siege mounds and building forts, to cut off many persons.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Neither shall Pharaoh, with his great host and multitude of people, maintain him in the war: when they cast up ditches, and set up bulwarks to destroy much people.
NET Bible
Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.
New Heart English Bible
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.
The Emphasized Bible
Neither shall Pharaoh with a great force. or with a large gathered host, work with him in the war, by casting up an earthwork and by building a siege-wall, - to the cuting off of many lives.
Webster
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
World English Bible
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.
Youngs Literal Translation
And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Doth Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mount, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.
Themes
Alliances » Instances of » Zedekiah and pharaoh
Citizens » Instances of wicked » Jews
Covenant » Of men with men » Breach of, punished
Falsehood » Instances of » Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to nebuchadnezzer
Swearing falsely » Exemplified » Zedekiah
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » Throws off his allegiance to nebuchadnezzar
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » The allegiance denounced » By ezekiel
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » Forms an alliance with the king of egypt
Interlinear
Gadowl
Chayil
Milchamah
Banah
Karath
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 17:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Parable Of Two Eagles And A Vine
16 "As long as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "in Babylon, that place where the king has enthroned him, whose oath he despised so as to break his covenant, he'll die with him. 17 Pharaoh, with his massive army and large battalions won't protect him when mounds and siege walls are built to destroy many people. 18 He despised the oath he had made and broke the covenant. Look! Because he willingly submitted, yet he has done all these things, he won't escape.
Cross References
Jeremiah 37:7
"This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to me to inquire of me, "Look, Pharaoh's army that has come to help will go back to its own land of Egypt,
Isaiah 36:6
Take note: you're relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the palm of anyone who leans on it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to everybody who depends on him!
Ezekiel 4:2
You are to lay siege against it, build a rampart around it, set a bulwark against it, encircle it with a berm, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it.
Ezekiel 29:6-7
"Then everyone living in Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been an unreliable ally to the house of Israel.
Jeremiah 37:5
Pharaoh's army had come out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 33:5
"The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those houses with the dead bodies of the people that I've struck down in my anger and wrath, for I've hidden my face from this city because of all their wickedness.
Jeremiah 52:4
and in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with all his army. He encamped near it and set up siege works all around it.
Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes failed, searching in vain for hope; we kept watching and looking for a nation that would not help.