Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
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- KJV Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
- BSB Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
- NKJV Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, And it was boundless; Put and Lubim were your helpers.
- NASB Ethiopia was her might, Egypt too, without limits. Put and Lubim were among her helpers.
- NLT Ethiopia and the land of Egypt gave unlimited assistance. The nations of Put and Libya were among her allies.
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- Ezek 30:5Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, shall fall with them by the sword.
- Ezek 27:10Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they showed your beauty.
- Isa 20:5They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
- Jer 46:9Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots! Let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
- Ezek 38:5Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
- Gen 10:6The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 2 Chr 12:3with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
- 1 Chr 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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