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Ezekiel 29:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezekiel 29:3

Verse 3 of 21

Scripture focus

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself.

Ezekiel 29:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 29:3

Theological / Devotional

Pharaoh. On the significance of this title see on Gen. 12:15. The Pharaoh now on the throne was Hophra, the Apries of the Greeks, 589-570 B.C. (Vol. II, p. 91).

The great dragon. Heb. tannim, “jackals.” However, a number of Hebrew manuscripts read tannin, “a dragon.” The latter reading would suggest the crocodile, a characteristic animal of Egypt.

My river. According to Herodotus (ii. 170), Apries boasted that he was so well established that not even a god could dispossess him of his power. The monuments of Egypt bear full testimony of the pompous pride of the Pharaohs.

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