The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
Parallel translations
- WEB The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and they shall go into captivity.
- KJV The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
- BSB The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.
- NASB “The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity.
- NLT The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and the women will be taken away as slaves.
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The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall by the sword while the cities go into captivity. Egypt's strength and people are carried away.
Overview
The Lord names On (Heliopolis) and Pibeseth (Bubastis), whose young men, the nation's vigor, perish or are deported. The loss of youth and the captivity of cities signal a future cut off. The judgment strips Egypt of both its present power and its hope for renewal.
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- Gen 41:45Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
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