Ezekiel 30 — Egypt’s day of judgment — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 30:3, 30:5, 30:13, 30:16, 30:24
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Ezekiel 30 — Egypt’s day of judgment
30:1–30:9 — The approaching day
Verse 30:1 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:1] YHWH's word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:1] The Lord's word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The oracle's introduction corresponds.
Verse 30:2 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:2] Son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says Lord YHWH: Wail, Alas for the day!
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:2] Son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord: Alas, alas, the day!
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the explicit command wail and repeats the cry alas.
Verse 30:3 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:3] For a day is near, and a day for YHWH is near; it will be a day of cloud, a time for nations.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:3] For the Lord's day is near; it will be a day, an end of nations.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Greek end of nations differs from Hebrew cloudy day and time for nations; it also lacks the repeated opening day is near.
Verse 30:4 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:4] A sword will come into Egypt, and anguish will be in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt. They will take her abundance, and her foundations will be torn down.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:4] A sword will come upon the Egyptians, and there will be turmoil in Ethiopia; wounded men will fall in Egypt, and her foundations will collapse together.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the taking of her abundance and has wounded men; Cush and Ethiopia are preserved as each tradition names the region.
Verse 30:5 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:5] Cush, Put, Lud, all the mixed company, Cub, and the sons of the covenant land will fall with them by the sword.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:5] Persians, Cretans, Lydians, Libyans, all the mixed company, and some of the sons of My covenant will fall by the sword in her.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: The ethnic list differs substantially, and Greek explicitly has My covenant rather than Hebrew covenant land. Greek the partitive of the sons is reflected as some of the sons; Cub and the covenant-land reference remain unidentified in Hebrew.
Verse 30:6 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:6] Thus says YHWH: Egypt's supporters will fall, and the pride of her strength will come down. From Migdol to Syene they will fall in her by the sword—the declaration of Lord YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:6] Egypt's supports will fall, and the arrogance of her strength will come down from Migdol to Syene; they will fall in her by the sword, says the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the opening thus-says formula and has one Lord at the end; the geographic extent and downfall correspond.
Verse 30:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:7] They will be desolate among desolated lands, and his cities will be among ruined cities.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:7] She will be desolated among desolated countries, and their cities will be among desolated cities.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: The printed pronoun shifts are retained: Hebrew they/his and Greek she/their, rather than homogenized to Egypt's cities.
Verse 30:8 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:8] They will know that I am YHWH when I set fire in Egypt and all her helpers are broken.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:8] They will know that I am the Lord when I put fire upon Egypt and all who help her are shattered.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Fire and the destruction of helpers correspond.
Verse 30:9 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:9] On that day messengers will go out from before Me in ships to terrify secure Cush; anguish will be among them on Egypt's day, for look, it is coming.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:9] On that day messengers will go out, hastening to make Ethiopia disappear; turmoil will be among them on Egypt's day, for look, it is coming.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek hastening to destroy differs from Hebrew from before Me in ships to terrify secure Cush. Messengers is retained without deciding that angeloi must be supernatural agents.
30:10–30:12 — Nebuchadnezzar against Egypt
Verse 30:10 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:10] Thus says Lord YHWH: I will put an end to Egypt's multitude by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:10] Thus says the Lord, the Lord: I will destroy the multitude of Egyptians by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The announced agent and multitude's destruction correspond.
Verse 30:11 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:11] He and his people with him, the ruthless of nations, are being brought to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:11] him and his people: scourges from nations sent to destroy the land. They will all draw their swords against Egypt, and the land will be filled with wounded men.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek sent, all, and passive filling with wounded men differs from Hebrew brought and active filling with slain. Scourges is the personal loimoi metaphor, as in twenty-eight seven.
Verse 30:12 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:12] I will make the Nile channels dry and sell the land into the hand of evil men. I will desolate the land and all that fills it by the hand of foreigners. I, YHWH, have spoken.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:12] I will make their rivers desolate and destroy the land and all that fills it by foreigners' hands. I, the Lord, have spoken.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the sale of the land into evil hands and uses rivers desolate rather than channels dry.
30:13–30:19 — Judgment on Egypt’s cities
Verse 30:13 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:13] Thus says Lord YHWH: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the worthless gods from Noph; there will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt, and I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:13] For thus says the Lord, the Lord: I will destroy the magnates from Memphis and the rulers from the land of Egypt, and they will be no more.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Greek magnates/rulers differs from Hebrew idols/worthless gods and prince; Greek lacks the final fear clause. Noph/Memphis is the corresponding city-name pair, not a conflicting location.
Verse 30:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:14] I will desolate Pathros, set fire in Zoan, and execute judgments in No.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:14] I will destroy the land of Pathros, put fire upon Tanis, and execute vengeance in Diospolis,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Zoan/Tanis and No/Diospolis preserve the two traditions' city names. Greek vengeance differs from Hebrew judgments.
Verse 30:15 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:15] I will pour out My wrath on Sin, Egypt's stronghold, and cut off the multitude of No.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:15] and pour out My wrath upon Sais, Egypt's strength, and destroy the multitude of Memphis.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek Sais and Memphis differs from Hebrew Sin and No. These are not silently normalized to the same locations.
Verse 30:16 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:16] I will set fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe greatly, No will be breached, and Noph will face enemies by day.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:16] I will put fire upon Egypt; Syene will be greatly troubled, and in Diospolis there will be a breach, and waters will pour out.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Greek Syene/Diospolis and outpouring waters differs from Hebrew Sin/No/Noph and enemies by day. Hebrew the final terse clause is provisional and is not harmonized with the Greek flood language.
Verse 30:17 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:17] The young men of Aven and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and they will go into captivity.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:17] The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall by the sword, and the women will go into captivity.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek explicitly identifies women, while Hebrew has a feminine they that may point to cities or their women. Aven/Pi-beseth and Heliopolis/Bubastis are retained as the traditions' forms.
Verse 30:18 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:18] At Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break Egypt's yoke bars there and the pride of her strength ceases in her. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:18] At Tahpanhes the day will grow dark when I shatter Egypt's scepters there and the arrogance of her strength perishes there. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will be led away captive.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek scepters differs from Hebrew yoke bars; the darkness and captivity correspond. The Hebrew displayed darkening form requires orthographic/textual review; the contextual rendering is retained provisionally.
Verse 30:19 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:19] I will execute judgments in Egypt, and they will know that I am YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:19] I will execute judgment in Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Plural judgments and singular judgment express the corresponding declaration.
30:20–30:26 — Pharaoh’s broken arms
Verse 30:20 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:20] In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, YHWH's word came to me, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:20] In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the Lord's word came to me, saying,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The date corresponds.
Verse 30:21 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:21] Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bound up to provide healing, to put on a bandage to bind it, to strengthen it to grasp a sword.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:21] Son of man, I shattered the arms of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bound up to provide healing, to put a poultice upon it, to give strength to grasp a sword.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek initially plural arms then singular it differs from Hebrew singular arm throughout; Greek poultice differs from Hebrew bandage. The number shift remains visible.
Verse 30:22 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:22] Therefore thus says Lord YHWH: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, the strong one and the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:22] Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord: Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will shatter his arms, the strong and the outstretched, and cast his sword down from his hand,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek outstretched arms differs from Hebrew the already broken arm; the sword's fall corresponds.
Verse 30:23 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:23] I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:23] and scatter Egypt into the nations and winnow them into the countries.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek preserves a winnowing image within the shared dispersion.
Verse 30:24 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:24] I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand. I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groans of a slain man.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:24] I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword into his hand; he will bring it upon Egypt, take her booty, and strip her spoils.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Greek conquest and plunder differs from Hebrew Pharaoh's arms broken and his groaning before Babylon's king.
Verse 30:25 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:25] I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but Pharaoh's arms will fall. They will know that I am YHWH when I put My sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out toward the land of Egypt.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:25] I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but Pharaoh's arms will fall. They will know that I am the Lord when I put My sword into the hands of the king of Babylon and he stretches it over the land of Egypt.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The arm contrast and divine sword correspond, with Greek hands plural and over the land rather than toward it.
Verse 30:26 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[30:26] I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among the lands. They will know that I am YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[30:26] I will scatter Egypt into the nations and winnow them into the countries. All will know that I am the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek adds all to those knowing; its winnowing image is retained.