Ezekiel 17:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

Young's Literal Translation
And he rebelleth against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and much people, Doth he prosper? doth he escape who is doing these things? And hath he broken covenant and escaped?

King James Bible
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such [things]? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

Hebrew
But this [king] rebelled
וַיִּמְרָד־ (way·yim·rāḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4775: To rebel

against [Babylon]
בּ֗וֹ (bōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

by sending
לִשְׁלֹ֤חַ (liš·lō·aḥ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

his envoys
מַלְאָכָיו֙ (mal·’ā·ḵāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

to Egypt
מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

to ask for
לָֽתֶת־ (lā·ṯeṯ-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

horses
סוּסִ֖ים (sū·sîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

and a large
רָ֑ב (rāḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

army.
וְעַם־ (wə·‘am-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

Will he flourish?
הֲיִצְלָ֤ח (hă·yiṣ·lāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6743: To push forward

Will the one who does
הָעֹשֵׂ֣ה (hā·‘ō·śêh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

such
אֵ֔לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

things escape?
הֲיִמָּלֵט֙ (hă·yim·mā·lêṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

Can he break
וְהֵפֵ֥ר (wə·hê·p̄êr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate

a covenant
בְּרִ֖ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

and yet escape?’
וְנִמְלָֽט׃ (wə·nim·lāṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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