Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
- BSB Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
- ESV Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
- NKJV Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit.
- NASB ‘Then nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was caught in their trap.
- NLT Then the armies of the nations attacked him, surrounding him from every direction. They threw a net over him and captured him in their pit.
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- Ezek 12:13I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
- Ezek 19:4The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
- Lam 4:20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
- 2 Kgs 24:11Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
- 2 Kgs 24:1–6In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
- Ezek 17:20I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
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