2 Kings 18:21

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Bible in Basic English ☆

See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

See now, art thou trusting for thyself on this broken staff of reed, even upon Egypt? whosoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

Darby Translation ☆

Now behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes into his hand and pierces it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that rely upon him.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Dost thou trust in Egypt a staff of a broken reed, upon which if a man lean, it will break and go into his hand, and pierce it? so is Pharao king of Egypt, to all that trust in him.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Lo, thou trustest now in this broken staffe of reede, to wit, on Egypt, on which if a man leane, it will goe into his hand, and pearce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt vnto all that trust on him.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Now, behold, thou trustedst thee upon yon cracked reed-staff, upon Egypt, which, if a man lean on it, will enter into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh the king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it; so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

King James Version ☆

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Now behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

See now, are you trusting for yourself on this broken staff of reed, even upon Egypt? whoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

See now, are you trusting for yourself on this broken staff of reed, even upon Egypt? whoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Webster Bible ☆

Now behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leaneth, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

Revised Version ☆

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

See now, art thou trusting for thyself on this broken staff of reed, even upon Egypt? whosoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

World English Bible ☆

Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

'Now, lo, thou hast trusted for thee on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it! — so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Now, hinei, thou trustest upon the mishenet (staff) of this bruised reed, even upon Mitzrayim, on which if a man lean, it will go into his yad, and pierce it; so is Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim unto all that depend on him.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَٱلْآنَ هُوَذَا قَدِ ٱتَّكَلْتَ عَلَى عُكَّازِ هَذِهِ ٱلْقَصَبَةِ ٱلْمَرْضُوضَةِ، عَلَى مِصْرَ، ٱلَّتِي إِذَا تَوَكَّأَ أَحَدٌ عَلَيْهَا، دَخَلَتْ فِي كَفِّهِ وَثَقَبَتْهَا! هَكَذَا هُوَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلْمُتَّكِلِينَ عَلَيْهِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သင်​သည်​အီ​ဂျစ်​ပြည်​၏​အ​ကူ​အ​ညီ​ကို​စောင့် စား​လျက်​နေ​၏။ သို့​သော်​ထို​ပြည်​ကို​အား​ကိုး ခြင်း​သည် ကူ​ရိုး​ကို​တောင်​ဝှေး​အ​ဖြစ်​အ​သုံး ပြု​ခြင်း​နှင့်​တူ​ပေ​သည်။ ထို​ကူ​ရိုး​သည်​ကျိုး​၍ သင်​၏​လက်​ကို​စူး​လိမ့်​မည်။ အီ​ဂျစ်​ဘု​ရင်​ကား သူ့​ကို​အား​ကိုး​သူ​အ​ဖို့ ထို​အ​ရိုး​နှင့်​တူ​သည်' ဟု​မိန့်​တော်​မူ​သည်'' ဟု​ပြော​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ကျိုး သောကျူလုံး တောင်ဝေး တည်းဟူသောအဲဂုတ္တု ပြည်ကို ကိုးစား ပါသည်တကား။ ထိုကျူလုံးသည် မှီသောသူ ၏လက် ကို ဖောက် ၍ လျှိုသွားလိမ့်မည်။ ထို သို့အဲဂုတ္တု မင်းကြီး ဖာရော ဘုရင်သည် မိမိ ၌ မှီ သော သူအပေါင်း တို့ကိုပြု လိမ့်မည်

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Vaihiah khenah, nangcae loe angkhaek thaih sakrungkung, tiah thuih ih, Izip kaminawk nuiah ni nam ha o; to sakrungkung nuiah amha kami loe, sakrungkung mah ban quk puet moe, ahmaa caaksak baktiah ni na om o tih; Izip siangpahrang Faro mah, anih nuiah amha kaminawk boih loe to tiah sah tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Capu conghol aka paep dongah na pangtung coeng te. Egypt dongah aka hangdang hlang tah a kut ah rhu vetih a toeh pah ni. Egypt manghai Pharaoh soah aka pangtung boeih khaw amah te tlam ni a om eh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Capu conghol aka paep dongah na pangtung coeng te. Egypt dongah aka hangdang hlang tah a kut ah rhu vetih a toeh pah ni. Egypt manghai Pharaoh soah aka pangtung boeih khaw amah te tlam ni a om eh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

看哪，你所倚靠的 埃及是那压伤的苇杖；人若靠这杖，就必刺透他的手。 埃及王法老向一切倚靠他的人也是这样。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

看哪，你所倚靠的 埃及是那壓傷的葦杖；人若靠這杖，就必刺透他的手。 埃及王法老向一切倚靠他的人也是這樣。

World Chinese Bible ☆

看哪，你所倚靠的，是埃及这根压伤的芦苇杖；人若靠在上面，它就会刺进他的手，把手扎透。埃及王法老对一切倚靠他的人就是这样。

Croatian Bible ☆

Eto, oslanjaš se na Egipat, na slomljenu trsku koja probada i prodire dlan onomu tko se na nju nasloni. Takav je faraon, kralj egipatski, svima koji se uzdaju u njega.'

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Aj, nyní zpolehl jsi na hůl třtinovou, a to ještě nalomenou, na Egypt, na niž zpodepřel-li by se kdo, pronikne ruku jeho a probodne ji. Takovýť jest Farao král Egyptský všechněm, kteříž doufají v něho.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Se nu, du sætter din Lid til Ægypten, denne brudte Rørkæp, som river Sår i Hånden på den, der støtter sig til den! Thi således går det alle dem, der sætter deres Lid til Farao, Ægyptens Konge.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Zie nu, vertrouwt gij u op dien gebroken rietstaf, op Egypte, op denwelken zo iemand leunt, zo zal hij in zijn hand gaan, en die doorboren; alzo is Farao, de koning van Egypte, al dengenen, die op hem vertrouwen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Zie, ge vertrouwt op Egypte, op die geknakte rietstok, die iemand de hand doorboort en wondt, als hij er op steunt; ja, dat is Farao, de egyptische koning voor iedereen, die op hem vertrouwt.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Jen vi fidas la apogon de Egiptujo, tiu kano rompita, kiu, se iu sin apogas sur ĝi, eniras en lian manon kaj trapikas ĝin. Tia estas Faraono, reĝo de Egiptujo, por ĉiuj, kiuj fidas lin.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Or voici, tu te confies en ce bâton de roseau cassé, en l’Égypte, lequel, si quelqu’un s’appuie dessus, lui entre dans la main et la perce. Tel est le Pharaon, roi d’Égypte, pour tous ceux qui se confient en lui.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Voici, tu te confies en l'Égypte, en ce bâton, ce roseau cassé, qui perce et traverse la main de celui qui s'y appuie. Tel est Pharaon, le roi d'Égypte, pour tous ceux qui se confient en lui.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Voici, tu l’as placée dans l’Égypte, tu as pris pour soutien ce roseau cassé, qui pénètre et perce la main de quiconque s’appuie dessus: tel est Pharaon, roi d’Égypte, pour tous ceux qui se confient en lui.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Tu comptes sur l'Égypte, ce roseau fendu qui pénètre dans la main et la transperce lorsque quelqu'un s'appuie dessus. Voilà ce qu'est le pharaon, roi d'Égypte, pour tous ceux qui se confient en lui.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Nun, siehe, du vertraust auf jenen geknickten Rohrstab, auf Ägypten, der, wenn jemand sich auf ihn stützt, ihm in die Hand fährt und sie durchbohrt. So ist der Pharao, der König von Ägypten, allen, die auf ihn vertrauen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Siehe, verlässest du dich auf diesen zerstoßenen Rohrstab, auf Ägypten, welcher, so sich jemand darauf lehnt, wird er ihm die Hand durchbohren? Also ist Pharao, der König in Ägypten, allen, die sich auf ihn verlassen.

German Textbibel ☆

Nun wohl, du verlässest dich auf den zerstoßenen Rohrstab da, auf Ägypten, der jedem, der sich auf ihn stützt, in die Hand fährt und sie durchbohrt. So erzeigt sich der Pharao, der König von Ägypten, allen, die sich auf ihn verlassen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Siehe, du vertraust jetzt auf jenen zerbrochenen Rohrstab, auf Ägypten, welcher jedem, der sich darauf lehnt, in die Hand fährt und sie durchbohrt! Also ist der Pharao, der König von Ägypten, allen denen, die auf ihn vertrauen!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

νῦν ἰδοὺ πέποιθας σαυτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν ράβδον τὴν καλαμίνην τὴν τεθλασμένην ταύτην, ἐπ᾿ Αἴγυπτον; ὃς ἂν στηριχθῇ ἀνὴρ ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν, καὶ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τρήσει αὐτήν· οὕτως Φαραὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου πᾶσι τοῖς πεποιθόσιν ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Νῦν ἰδοὺ πέποιθας σαυτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν ῥἁβδον τὴν καλαμίνην τὴς τεθλασμένην ταύτην, ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον; ὃς ἂν στηριχθῇ ἀνὴρ ἐπʼ αὐτὴν, καὶ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τρήσει αὐτήν· οὕτως Φαραὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου πᾶσι τοῖς πεποιθόσιν ἐπʼ αὐτόν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

W'al mete konfyans ou nan peyi Lejip! Yon baton wozo tou kase! Anvan ou apiye sou li, l'ap antre nan men ou, l'ap blese ou. Farawon an, wa peyi Lejip ou wè a, se konsa li ye pou tout moun ki fè l' konfyans.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ano hoi, ke hilinai nei oe maluna o ke kookoo o keia ohe pepe, maluna o Aigupita, ka mea a ke kanaka e hilinai, e komo no ia iloko o kona lima, a puka iho la: pela no o Parao i ka poe a pau e hilinai ana maluna ona.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

עַתָּ֡ה הִנֵּ֣ה בָטַ֣חְתָּ לְּךָ֡ עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩ הַקָּנֶ֨ה הָרָצ֤וּץ הַזֶּה֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ אִישׁ֙ עָלָ֔יו וּבָ֥א בְכַפֹּ֖ו וּנְקָבָ֑הּ כֵּ֚ן פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם לְכָֽל־הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים עָלָֽיו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

עתה הנה בטחת לך על משענת הקנה הרצוץ הזה על מצרים אשר יסמך איש עליו ובא בכפו ונקבה כן פרעה מלך מצרים לכל הבטחים עליו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ecco, ora tu ti sei confidato in quel sostegno di canna rotta, nell'Egitto, sopra il quale se alcuno si appoggia, esso gli entra nella mano, e la fora ; tale è Faraone, re di Egitto, a tutti quelli che si confidano in lui.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Ecco, tu t’appoggi sull’Egitto, su questo sostegno di canna rotta, che penetra nella mano di chi vi s’appoggia e gliela fora; tal è Faraone, re d’Egitto, per tutti quelli che confidano in lui.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

今、あなたはこの傷ついた葦の杖、すなわちエジプトを頼みとしている。人がそれに寄りかかれば、折れてその手を刺し貫く。エジプトの王ファラオは、彼を頼みとするすべての者にとってそのようである。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

이제 네가 저 상한 갈대 지팡이 애굽을 의뢰하도다 사람이 그것을 의지하면 그 손에 찔려 들어갈지라 애굽 왕 바로는 무릇 의뢰하는 자에게 이와 같으니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kom lulalfongi mu Egypt ac kasrekom, tuh fin ouinge, ac oana ke kom sikalkin loa soko — ac kaptelik twe kanteya poum. Pa ingan luman tokosra Egypt nu sin mwet su tupan kasru sel uh.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

an speras in baculo arundineo atque confracto Ægypto, super quem, si incubuerit homo, comminutus ingredietur manum ejus, et perforabit eam? sic est Pharao rex Ægypti omnibus qui confidunt in se.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

اینک حال بر عصای این نی خرد شده، یعنی بر مصرتوکل می‌نمایی که اگر کسی بر آن تکیه کند، به‌دستش فرو رفته، آن را مجروح می‌سازد. همچنان است فرعون، پادشاه مصر برای همگانی که بر وی توکل می‌نمایند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Agora, eis que você confia no bordão deste caniço esmagado, o Egito. Se um homem se apoiar nele, ele entrará em sua mão e a perfurará. Assim é o faraó, rei do Egito, para todos os que confiam nele.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Eis que tu confias agora neste bordão de cana quebrada, em Egito, no que se alguém se apoiar, lhe entrará pela mão, e se lhe passará. Assim é Faraó, rei do Egito, para todos os que nele confiam.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Acum iată, tu te încrezi în toiagul acestei trestii frânte, în Egipt; pe care dacă un om se sprijină, îi va intra în mână și o va străpunge; astfel este Faraon, împăratul Egiptului, pentru toți cei care se încred în el.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ятэ, ай пус-о ын Еӂипт, ай луат ын ажутор трестия ачея фрынтэ, каре ынцяпэ ши стрэпунӂе мына орькуй се сприжинэ пе еа: аша есте Фараон, ымпэратул Еӂиптулуй, пентру тоць чей че се ынкред ын ел.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Вот, ты думаешь опереться на Египет, на эту трость надломленную, которая, если кто опрется на нее, войдет ему в руку и проколет ее. Таков фараон, царь Египетский, для всех уповающих на него.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Gle, uzdaš se u Misir, u štap od trske slomljene, na koji ako se ko nasloni, ući će mu u ruku i probošće je; takav je Faraon car misirski svima koji se uzdaju u nj.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Гле, уздаш се у Мисир, у штап од трске сломљене, на који ако се ко наслони, ући ће му у руку и пробошће је; такав је Фараон цар мисирски свима који се уздају у њ.

Mashi Bible ☆

“Lolà oku olangâlîre oburhabâle bw’ehyo hishekesheke hivune, Mîsiri, hyo hiyagaza hinarhulungule enfune zicîshomya mpu zahiyegerera? Ntyo kwo Faraoni mwâmi w’e Mîsiri, ayôrha kuli balya boshi baci mwikubagira.”.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

He aquí tú confías ahora en este bordón de caña cascada, en Egipto, en el que si alguno se apoyare, entrarále por la mano, y se le pasará. Tal es Faraón rey de Egipto, para todos los que en él confían.

Spanish BLL ☆

¡Miren! Ustedes están confiando en Egipto, ese bastón de caña astillada que le atraviesa la mano a cualquiera que se apoye en él. ¡Eso es el faraón, rey de Egipto, para todos los que confían en él!

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

He aquí que confiáis en este báculo de caña cascada, en Egipto, en el cual si alguno se apoyare, se le entrará por la mano y la atravesará. Tal es el faraón rey de Egipto para todos los que en él confían.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Mira, ahora estás basando tu esperanza en esa vara rota de Egipto, que pasará por la mano de un hombre si la usa como apoyo; porque así es el faraón, rey de Egipto, para todos los que ponen su fe en él.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

¿Confías en ese bastón de caña quebrada que es Egipto, que al que se apoya en él, se le clava en la mano y la atraviesa? Así es Faraón, rey de Egipto, para todos los que confían en él.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea ko eni, vakai, ʻoku ke falala ki ho tokotoko ʻoe kaho mafesi ni, ʻio, ko ʻIsipite, ʻaia kapau ʻe faʻaki ki ai ha tangata, ʻe ʻasi ia ki hono nima, pea ʻe lavea ai: ʻoku pehē pe ʻa Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku falala kiate ia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Оце ж ти задумав опертись на Египет, — на тую надломлену тростину, що кожному, хто на неї обіпреться, забється в руку й проколе її. Таківський той Фараон, царь Египецький про всїх, що покладають на його надію.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Оце ж ти задумав опертись на Египет, — на тую надломлену тростину, що кожному, хто на неї обіпреться, забється в руку й проколе її. Таківський той Фараон, царь Египецький про всїх, що покладають на його надію.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ta thấy rõ điều đó: Ngươi nhờ cậy nơi Ê-díp-tô, thật như nương vào cây sậy gãy; ví ai nương dựa nó, ắt nó sẽ đâm vào tay, xoi lủng ngang qua. Phàm ai nhờ cậy Pha-ra-ôn, vua Ê-díp-tô, thì đều bị như thế.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

עַתָּ֡ה הִנֵּ֣ה בָטַ֣חְתָּ לְּךָ֡ עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩ הַקָּנֶ֨ה הָרָצ֤וּץ הַזֶּה֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ אִישׁ֙ עָלָ֔יו וּבָ֥א בְכַפּ֖וֹ וּנְקָבָ֑הּ כֵּ֚ן פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם לְכָֽל־הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים עָלָֽיו׃