Ezekiel 32:6

Ezekiel 32:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
• New International Version (NIV)I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will drench the land even to the mountains with your flowing blood, and the ravines will be full of you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, Even to the mountains; And the riverbeds will be full of you.

Context of Ezekiel 32:6

4Then I will leave you (Egypt) on the land; I will hurl you on the open field. And I will make all the birds of the sky dwell on you, And I will satisfy the animals of all the earth with you. 5And I will scatter your flesh on the mountains And fill the valleys with your debris [your corpses and their worms]. I will also water the land with your flowing blood As far as the mountains, And the ravines will be full of you. 7And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens [of Egypt] and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light. 8All the bright lights in the heavens I will darken over you And I will place darkness on your land,” Says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 32:6 word by word

וְהִשְׁקֵיתִ֨י אֶ֧רֶץ צָפָתְךָ֛ מִדָּמְךָ֖ אֶל־הֶֽהָרִ֑ים וַאֲפִקִ֖ים יִמָּלְא֥וּן מִמֶּֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will also waterשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: wateringH8248
• with thy bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• wherein thou swimmestצָפָהtsâphâh · dischargeH6824
• to the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and the riversאָפִיק'âphîyq · channelH650
• shall be fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:6

• Exodus 7:17Thus says the Lord, “By this you shall know and recognize and acknowledge that I am the Lord: look, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water in the Nile, and it shall be turned to blood.
• Isaiah 34:3So their slain will be thrown out, And the stench of their corpses will rise, And the mountains will flow with their blood.
• Revelation 14:20And the grapes in the wine press were trampled and crushed outside the city, and blood poured from the wine press, reaching up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of sixteen hundred stadia.
• Revelation 16:6for they have poured out the blood of the saints (God’s people) and the prophets, and You [in turn] have given them blood to drink. They deserve Your judgment.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The land wherein thou swimmest - Egypt; so called, because intersected with canals, and overflowed annually by the Nile.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6mountains … valleys … mountains … ravines: In Hebrew, this is a literary device called a merism (a way of naming the outer parts to include everything in between). It shows both the boundaries and all that lies within them. Here, it emphasizes that God’s judgment would cover the whole land. The description of destruction uses hyperbole (intentional exaggeration). This strong language shows that Egypt’s defeat would be complete.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. land wherein thou swimmest--Egypt: the land watered by the Nile, the the source of its fertility, wherein thou swimmest (carrying on the image of the crocodile, that is, wherein thou dost exercise thy wanton power at will). Irony. The land shall still afford seas to swim in, but they shall be seas of blood. Alluding to the plague (Ex 7:19; Re 8:8). Havernick translates, "I will water the land with what flows from thee, even thy blood, reaching to the…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• River
• Vex
• Dragon
• Isaiah
• Watercourse

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings