Ezekiel 19:2
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
In other versions
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.
ASV
What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
BBE
and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
DBY
and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
WEB
and thou hast said: What `is' thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.
YLT
And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
ENG
And say, What is thy mother: A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
WBT
and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
BSB
In context
1Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.